> Wasn't HCB an independently wealthy heir to a button 
> manufacturing fortune?
> He was an Artist, but not the starving kind.
> Regards,  Bob S.
> 

Yes, that's true, but the advice Capa gave him was meant to allow him to
work in his own way, not to be pigeon-holed by others. 

He said 'Beware of labels. They are comforting, but people will stick them
on you and you will never be able to get rid of them. You will be  labeled
the little surrealist photographer... you will be lost, and will become
precious and mannered. Continue on your way, but with the label of
photojournalist, and keep the rest deep in your heart.' 
--- Pierre Assouline, Henri Cartier-Bresson: A Biography

Bob


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