Calle Cuauhtemoctzin, Mexico City

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1934, printed 1946 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

The attitudes of the two prostitutes to their calling, and to the photographer, are flip sides of the same coin, like the masks of comedy and tragedy. Neither face alone, nor either half of the picture on its own, would be half as arresting.

Artist

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Date

1934, printed 1946

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987