The Cartier-Bresson show was interesting to me because of the way that there were topics for groups of photos, for example there is the section of Soviet Moscow.
The way that there were compartmentalized topics for his work helped you better see the essence of that place and time and step back and see the pictures as a whole.
The photos for each photo essay of his had similar characteristics and themes, an example of this is, again, the shots of Soviet Russia, which had a dark, sad quality.
Exposed
The exposed photos were interesting in a different sort of way. These photos seemed very spy like and somewhat intrusive towards the people being photographed.
Many of the photos in this show had a quality of espionage and stark un-posed reality to them. If i were to sum up the theme for this show it would be "abuse of privacy for the sake of art".
I did, however, like this show in that it was kind of quirky and there were shots from unusual angles. I liked how there were a lot of different photographers and in many different time periods.
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