Robert Doisneau
Robert Doisneau ( [ ʁɔbɛʁ dwano ]; born April 14, 1912 in Gentilly, † 1 April 1994, Paris) was a French photographer.
Life
Robert Doisneau began in 1929 to photograph professionally, one year after completing his studies at the Ecole Estienne in Paris with a degree of Lithography and engraving. His first photo report was printed in 1932. In 1934 he was working photographer of today demolished Renault factory on the Ile Seguin in Boulogne- Billancourt, this job was in 1939 in order to work freelance.
He served one year in the army and was subsequently Photographer of the Resistance, who documented the occupation and liberation of Paris. Contact with Charles Rado, founder of the Rapho agency during the war brought him finally to photojournalism. From 1946 on, he was represented by this agency. From 1949 to 1952 he worked for Vogue, before and after he photographed for Life, Paris Match, Réalités, Point de Vue, Regards and other magazines. It created portraits of famous personalities such as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Georges Braque and Orson Welles.
The flâneur Doisneau became famous for his pictures from the streets of Paris, where he took pictures of everyday people. It originated around 350,000 photos.
A close friendship with actress Sabine Azéma him, which published the documentary short film Bonjour Monsieur Doisneau ou Le photographe arrosé (1992 ) about him.
His grave is located in the municipal cemetery of the village Raizeux at Rambouillet.
Works
Photographs by Doisneau are sold in the possession of the Musée National d' Art Moderne, the British Victoria and Albert Museum and the New York houses the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art Many of his photographs were taken on the art market and achieved up to 26,400 U.S. dollars.
Baiser de l' Hôtel de Ville
His now famous photo took Doisneau 1950: A kissing couple in front of the Paris City Hall. The Illustrated Life had then ordered a report titled " Lovers in Paris".
The photo was published again until 1986, but then became a romantic bestseller. Several people believed themselves to recognize the supposed snapshot and sued Doisneau to share in the revenue. However Doisneau could prove that he had staged the photo series with two drama students: Françoise Bornet and whose then boyfriend Jacques Carteaud had received a fee for the recordings made with a Rolleiflex camera photo.
In 2005, the photo with the archive number 21,039 and Doisneau factory Temple in Paris Artcurial auction house was bought for 155,000 euros by an anonymous bidder from Switzerland ( at a starting price of 10,000 euros and an estimated price of 15,000 up to 20,000 € ). The image was previously owned by the photographed Françoise Bornet.