Robert Doisneau (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