Hyères, France

He took then many pictures in France and in other countries, like Italy, Spain, Morocco and Mexico, with his portable Leica camera.

[1] Cartier-Bresson had returned from Africa in 1931, and started a professional career as a photographer the same year, both artistically and as a photojournalist.

[3][4] He positioned himself at the top of a staircase with his camera and waited for some activity to take place.

The picture of a man casually cycling taken from that point of view shows intuition and spontaneity.

"[5] This purpose can be seen in this picture, the combination of architecture elements suggesting movement with spirals and curves, leading to the blurred image of the moving man in the bicycle.