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Robert Doisneau

French photographer

Robert Doisneau

Doisneau in his studio in Montrouge, 1992

Born

Robert Doisneau


(1912-04-14)14 April 1912

Gentilly, France

Died1 April 1994(1994-04-01) (aged 81)

Montrouge, France

Resting placeRaizeux
EducationÉcole Estienne, 1929 graduate, diplomas in engraving and lithography
Occupation(s)Photographer, engraver
Known forStreet photography, Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (The kiss by the City Hall)
TitleChevalier of the Order of the Legion of Honour

Robert Doisneau (French pronunciation:[ʁɔbɛʁdwano]; 14 April 1912 – 1 April 1994)[1] was a French photographer.

From the 1930s, he photographed the streets of Paris. He was a champion of humanist photography and, with Henri Cartier-Bresson, a pioneer of photojournalism.[2]

Doisneau is known for his 1950 image Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (The Kiss by the City Hall), a photograph of a couple k Robert Doisneau Biography - Pantheon VEDYK