Robert Doisneau
French photographer
Died when: 81 years 352 days (983 months)Star Sign: Aries
Robert Doisneau (French: [??b?? 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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