ROBERT
DOISNEAU
(1912-1994)
"The
marvels of daily life are so exciting; no movie director can arrange
the unexpected that you find in the street."
Robert Doisneau, one of France's most popular and prolific reportage
photographers, was known for his modest, playful, and ironic images of amusing
juxtapositions, mingling social classes, and eccentrics in contemporary Paris
streets and cafes. Influenced by the work of Andre Kertesz, Eugene Atget
και Henri-Cartier
Bresson, in over
twenty books Doisneau presented a charming vision of human frailty and life as a
series of quiet, incongruous moments.His camera sought the surreal in
everyday life; the faibles of human nature, all captured by an artist who was
charmed by his subjects.
Le remorqueur du champ de mars.
Robert Doisneau was born in Gentilly, France. He studied lithography,
but soon turned to photography. He worked for Renault as an industrial and
advertising photographer until 1939. During the war he worked for the resistance
forging documents. In 1948, he began work for French Vogue as a fashion photographer, but his heart was in
photojournalism, and the streets of Paris, to which he returned in 1951.
The French Kiss.
In 1950 he created his most
recognizable work for Life - Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Hôtel de
Ville), a photo of a couple kissing in the busy streets of Paris, which became
an internationally recognised symbol of young love in Paris. The identity of the
couple remained a mystery until 1992.
His photographs have become widely recognized and beloved in the
history of photography.
Musician in the rain.
"I don't photograph life as it is, but life as I would like it to be,"
Some of his wonderful photographs:
The Hell
L' aeroplane de papa.
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The Fallen Horse.
The Last Waltz.
Pablo Picasso.
Les Freres.
Pipi Pigeon.
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Sidelong Glance.
Fox Terrier.
Information Scolaire.
Tribute by Anna Athanasiadou
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