1950s
gelatin silver print, 17.7 × 24 cm,
artist’s stamp on the reverse
vintage print

Kosidowski sounded fascinated when he talked about Henri Cartier-Bresson’s visit to Poland: "He would walk the streets slowly with his black Leica and take pictures noiselessly, always at eye level. He considered other perspectives unnatural and weird. The camera seemed to be an extension of his hand. He operated it automatically without thinking about the settings. He was fully concentrated on observing the surrounding reality." Kosidowski accompanied the master as a guide and photographed the capital city together with him. This picture was taken in Warsaw at the present-day de Gaulle roundabout.