Henri Cartier-Bresson spent his career chasing what he called 'the master of the instant,' the moment when a scene's shapes, light, and meaning line up for a fraction of a second. This 1998 documentary traces his path from painter to photojournalist, following his development of what became known as the decisive moment and his role in shaping street photography as a serious art form. Archival photographs and film footage carry much of the film, paired with interviews and Cartier-Bresson's own words about his method, which he compared to a Zen archer's discipline: patient, instinctive, and inseparable from how he moved through the world. The film covers his travels across Europe and Asia, his years photographing conflict and daily life alike, and his co-founding of Magnum Photos, the cooperative that changed how photojournalism was practiced and distributed. It stays close to his images throughout, using them as evidence for the argument that his eye, not just his camera, is the real subject.