Born in France in 1908, Henri Cartier-Bresson was one of the first photographers to ever use 35 mm film.  He shot exclusively in black and white, breaking into the photojournalism world in 1937 when his photos of the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were published in the French magazine, Regards.  Cartier typically used Leica 35 mm rangefinder cameras with 50 mm lenses or occasionally a wide-angle for landscapes.  He sometimes wrapped black tape around his camera’s chrome body to make it less noticeable.

His first Leica camera: