Robert Doisneau: Photo Poche n°5

by Robert Doisneau, Sylvain Roumette (preface)

144 pages, Paperback

Published March 26, 2025

About the author

He was a French photographer. In the 1930s he used a Leica on the streets of Paris. He and Henri Cartier-Bresson were pioneers of photojournalism. He is renowned for his 1950 image Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Town Hall), a photograph of a couple kissing in the busy streets of Paris. Doisneau was appointed a Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour in 1984.