Robert Doisneau (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ dwano]14 April 1912 – 1 April 1994) 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.
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 kissing on a busy Parisian street.
He was appointed a Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour in 1984 by then French president, François Mitterrand.
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Parisian suburbs during the transformative post-war period, capturing the interplay of evolving urban landscapes and the lives of working-class communities.
Books
Robert Doisneau: Paris
(TASCHEN, 2024)
La Banlieue De Paris
(Treville, 1998)
La Banlieue de Paris
(Denoël, 1983)
Robert Doisneau
(Silvana, 2022)
Robert Doisneau
(TASCHEN, 2003)
Robert Doisneau
(Thames & Hudson, 1991)
Robert Doisneau: Paris
(Flammarion, 2023)
Robert Doisneau
(Lannoo Publishers, 2017)
The Best of Doisneau: Paris
(Flammarion, 2015)