“Mer de sable”, so Cartier-Bresson fell in love with photography (and with the beautiful Caresse)

In the forest, a glimpse of desert, sand and rocks suddenly opens up among the oaks, elms, corks, beech trees of the Oise woods, a wooded region 150 kilometers from Paris. A French guy with a camera hanging around his neck trudges behind a couple of Americans, casual and smiling. One click, a stolen kiss. […]