  urlLink I don't know much about photography, but I do know that the recent urlLink death of Henri Cartier-Bresson is a loss for all who admire and study art and photography.
Being a sucker for black and white pictures of Paris, I'm drawn to his photos for purely uninformed, basic, aesthetic reasons. Though I am also frequently struck and impressed by the seemingly spontaneous nature of his photos - see "Behind the Gare St. Lazare" below. urlLink I was fortunate enough to see a 2000 exhibit of another photographic legend - urlLink Brassaï - at urlLink Le Centre Pompidou , a building which is a work of art in its own right.
His images, including "Brouillard, Avenue L'Observatoire" [below], simply define Paris at night. urlLink I'm not sure who would have come out on top if Cartier-Bresson had had a tête-à-tête with Brassaï, but one thing is certain - their combined portfolios present an amazing photographic history of Paris during a certain era. 
