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Saturday, March 8, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Cartier-Bresson v. Bonington!

It's time again for an artist emerging from the brutal jungle of the Play-In Tournament to join the big show, going head to head with an artist from one of the early First Round Ties.  Friends of the Tournament, please welcome to today's First Round Match: Henri Cartier Bresson and Richard Parkes Bonington!

Henri Cartier-Bresson
1908 - 2004
French

Finished First in Phase 1, Flight 11 of the Play-In Tournament with a voting score of .909.
Finished First in Phase 2, Flight 3 of the Play-In Tournament with a voting score of .600.





Richard Parkes Bonington
1802 - 1828
English, worked in France

Tied with Pierre Bonnard in his initial Round 1 outing, in March 2012.






Vote for the artist of your choice in the comments, or any other way that works for you. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting.
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15 comments:

  1. Christine M.6:14 AM, March 08, 2014

    Cartier-Bresson

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  2. Morgan12:27 PM, March 08, 2014

    Bonington!

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  3. lamanyana6:10 PM, March 08, 2014

    Cartier-Bresson

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  4. Dr. Kenneth Noisewater12:56 AM, March 09, 2014

    First guy, but I think I just like photography better. I am the worst critic ever. And I never see any other dumb asses like me in the comments.

    But seriously, good photography is cool because they catch an exact moment in time, and I like to think about what the story is behind that person and that day they were photographed and what they are doing now.

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  5. pfly1:12 AM, March 09, 2014

    Henri Cartier-Bresson, and not just for these three photos. Googling turns up scads of interesting photos.

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  6. Ben12:18 PM, March 10, 2014

    Cartier-Bresson

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  7. Chuckdaddy5:25 PM, March 10, 2014

    I really like Bonington. But I really really like Cartier-Bresson.

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  8. DrSchnell8:59 AM, March 11, 2014

    Bonington, though both are great.

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  9. mrs.50008:44 PM, March 12, 2014

    Bonington's nice, but Cartier-Bresson's pretty damn amazing, which trumps nice.

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  10. Michael50009:13 PM, March 12, 2014

    The first guy for me, and I resent the implication that I am any less of a dumbass than Dr. Kenneth Noisewater.

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  11. Elizabeth11:34 AM, March 14, 2014

    Henri, mon ami! Though I do like Bonington lots, so bisous to him as well.

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  12. Candida6:26 PM, March 16, 2014

    Cartier-Bresson

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  13. Nichim7:05 PM, June 02, 2014

    Cartier-Bresson for amazing composition

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  14. Michael500011:00 AM, June 14, 2014

    via the US Postal Service, there's a vote for Bonington!

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  15. Michael50007:13 PM, July 21, 2014

    Cartier-Bresson keeps the momentum going into the regular Tournament, taking his first head-to-head contest 10-4.

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