Robert Doisneau
A famous photographer that is well known for his unique style of street photography is Robert Doisneau. He was born on April 14th, 1912 in Gentilly, Paris. At age four his father died on active service in World War 1. His mother died when he was just seven years old and he was raised by his rude, non-loving aunt. He got married to Pierrette and they had two children, Annette and Francine. He graduated in 1929 with diplomas in engraving and lithography, which led him to do the art. He started with figure drawing and still life which later led him to taking an amateur photography class. That’s when he first got into photography. After he began taking many jobs as an assistant of photographer himself he was contracted by Vogue as a fashion photographer but he didn’t enjoy taking photos of beautiful women in elegant settings. He would rather do street photography; to him it gave more life and excitement to a photograph. In quote he said, “The marvels of daily life are so exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the streets.” His most recognized work is “The Kiss”. It is a photograph of a couple kissing in the busy streets of Paris. His photograph “The Kiss” was sold for 250,000 dollars because it was very popular. Also during World War 2 he served as a photographer and a soldier from 1940-1945. He died later on April 1st, 1994 in Montrouge, Paris. His work is very good and interesting to look at I personally like his photography a lot.
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