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PARIS (Reuters) - Frenchman Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the great photographers of the 20th century and a founding father of modern photojournalism, has died aged 95, family friends said Wednesday. A founder of the Magnum picture agency in 1947 who admirers dubbed "the eye of the century," Cartier-Bresson died in the south of France Monday, LCI television channel said. The Web site of newspaper Liberation said the photographer, an intensely private man, was buried Wednesday in a quiet family ceremony at Monjustin, in the Provence region. "France has lost a photographer of genius, a true master, one of the most...

The notoriously reclusive co-founder of the Magnum photo agency died Tuesday in the Provence region in southern France. Liberation newspaper reported on its website that he was buried Wednesday at a private ceremony in Monjustin. "He hadn't been eating for several days. He was getting weaker and weaker," a friend who requested anonymity told AFP. "France has lost a genius photographer, a real master, one of the most talented artists of his generation and one of the most respected in the world," French President Jacques Chirac said in a statement. Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres called Cartier-Bresson "a...