Robert DoisneauFrankrig, 1912–1994The Rudier Foundry, Paris
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Imens i livet hos Robert Doisneau
Hele livet1945–1979
Portraits of Picasso, Braque, Léger, Cocteau and Giacometti
From the post-war years through the 1970s Doisneau produced children's books, advertising photography and celebrity portraits — Alberto Giacometti, Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso. He worked with writers and poets such as Blaise Cendrars and Jacques Prévert, and credited Prévert with giving him the confidence to photograph everyday street scenes.
1949
A contract with Vogue
In 1949 Doisneau signed a contract with Vogue magazine.
1949
“La Banlieue de Paris”, with Blaise Cendrars
Éditions Pierre Seghers published Doisneau's book of photographs “La Banlieue de Paris” (“The Suburbs of Paris”), with a text by Blaise Cendrars.
1950
Joins Le Groupe des XV
In 1950 Doisneau joined Le Groupe des XV, founded in Paris in 1946 to promote photography as an art and to preserve France's photographic heritage, alongside René-Jacques, Willy Ronis and Pierre Jahan. After the group disbanded he joined Les 30 x 40, the Club Photographique de Paris.
12 June 1950
“The Kiss” is published in Life
Made for Life, the photograph was published on 12 June 1950 as part of a photo-essay on couples kissing in Paris, and became an internationally recognised symbol of young love in Paris.
1952
Starts a career as an independent photographer
In 1952, three years after signing with Vogue, Doisneau began his career as an independent photographer.
