PHOTO-JOURNALIST Bernard Cahier was once described as the ‘Cartier-Bresson of motor racing’. High praise, but perhaps a trifle misleading. To capture his famous ‘decisive moments’, Cartier-Bresson preferred to remain invisible as he snapped away, whereas Cahier’s familiarity with the paddock personalities meant that he was always one of the gang, allowing him to get up-close and intimate. Even Enzo Ferrari usually managed to look happy as he gazed into Cahier’s lens.
Born into a comfortably-off family in Marseille on 20 June 1927, Cahier was the youngest of
