@article{ART002662364},
author={Jungmin OH},
title={The Signification of the “Decisive Moment” in the Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2020},
volume={61},
pages={245-266},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2020.61..245}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jungmin OH
TI - The Signification of the “Decisive Moment” in the Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2020
VL - 61
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 245
EP - 266
SN - 1598-0685
AB - In the semiotic analysis of the photographs in general, the iconic sign produces the interpretant, or meaning to the viewer, which leads to the concordance between the interpretant and the object photographed. In this article, a semiotic analysis of the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson as an image-sign reveals the signification of the “decisive moment”. In that case, the interpretant does not correspond to the object in the pattern proposed by Charles Sanders Peirce, because it is not the iconic sign, but the plastic sign that produces the interpretant. So Cartier-Bresson's “decisive moment” shows the necessity to correct Peirce's semiotic pattern and even Martine Joly's opinion expressed in her discourse on the uniqueness of a work of art because she didn’t see that she meant the uniqueness that comes from the object and not from the plastic sign, which is not the signification of the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson.
KW - image as a sign;signification;decisive moment;signifiant/signifié;representamen/interpretant/object;plastic composition;metaphysical interpretation;semiotics
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2020.61..245
ER -
Jungmin OH. (2020). The Signification of the “Decisive Moment” in the Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Cross-Cultural Studies, 61, 245-266.
Jungmin OH. 2020, "The Signification of the “Decisive Moment” in the Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.61, pp.245-266. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2020.61..245
Jungmin OH "The Signification of the “Decisive Moment” in the Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson" Cross-Cultural Studies 61 pp.245-266 (2020) : 245.
Jungmin OH. The Signification of the “Decisive Moment” in the Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. 2020; 61 245-266. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2020.61..245
Jungmin OH. "The Signification of the “Decisive Moment” in the Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson" Cross-Cultural Studies 61(2020) : 245-266.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2020.61..245
Jungmin OH. The Signification of the “Decisive Moment” in the Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Cross-Cultural Studies, 61, 245-266. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2020.61..245
Jungmin OH. The Signification of the “Decisive Moment” in the Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2020; 61 245-266. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2020.61..245
Jungmin OH. The Signification of the “Decisive Moment” in the Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. 2020; 61 245-266. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2020.61..245
Jungmin OH. "The Signification of the “Decisive Moment” in the Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson" Cross-Cultural Studies 61(2020) : 245-266.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2020.61..245
