Robert Doisneau

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Doisneau in his studio in Montrouge near Paris (1992)

Robert Doisneau ([ ʁɔˈbɛʁ dwaˈno ]; born April 14, 1912 in Gentilly ; † April 1, 1994 in Paris ) was a French photographer . Doisneau is regarded as a representative of "humanistic photography", "which turns to people in their everyday lives instead of looking for the sensational."

Life

Photographers Robert Doisneau (left) and André Kertész in 1975 a.jpg
Photographers Robert Doisneau (left) and André Kertész in 1975 b.jpg
Robert Doisneau (left) and André Kertész in Arles (1975)

Robert Doisneau began taking photographs professionally in 1929, one year after graduating from the École Estienne in Paris with a diploma in lithography and engraving . His first photo report was printed in 1932. In 1934 he became the works photographer of the Renault plant on Île Seguin in Boulogne-Billancourt, which has now been demolished . In 1939 he gave up this position and worked as a freelancer. In 2010 the first school in France, a bilingual grammar school (French, English), was named after Doisneau in Boulogne-Billancourt.

He served a year in the army and was then a photographer for the Resistance ; he documented the occupation and liberation of Paris . Contact during the war with Charles Rado, the founder of the Rapho agency , finally brought him to photojournalism . From 1946 he was represented by this agency. From 1949 to 1952 he worked for Vogue magazine , before and after he photographed for Life , Paris Match , Réalités, Point de Vue, Regards and other magazines. Portraits of well-known personalities such as Pablo Picasso , Fernand Léger , Georges Braque and Orson Welles were created .

The flaneur Doisneau became famous for his pictures from the streets of Paris and for how he photographed everyday people. Around 350,000 photos were taken.

He became a close friend of the actress Sabine Azéma , who published the short documentary Bonjour Monsieur Doisneau ou Le photographe arrosé (1992) about him .

His grave is in the communal cemetery in the village of Raizeux near Rambouillet .

Works

Doisneau's photographs are in the possession of the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris , the British Victoria and Albert Museum, and the New York Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art . Many of his photographs have been sold in the art market and fetched up to $ 26,400.

"Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville"

Doisneau took his now most famous photo in 1950: a couple kissing in front of the Paris City Hall . Back then, the magazine Life ordered a report entitled “In Love in Paris”.

The photo was republished in 1986 and became a romantic bestseller. Several people believed they recognized themselves in the alleged snapshot and sued Doisneau for a share of the proceeds. However, he was able to prove that he had staged the photo series with two acting students; Françoise Bornet and her then friend Jacques Carteaud received a fee for the photo taken with a Rolleiflex .

In 2005, the photo with archive number 21.039 and Doisneau's work stamp was auctioned at the Paris auction house Artcurial by an anonymous bidder from Switzerland for 155,000 euros (with a starting price of 10,000 and an estimate of 15,000 to 20,000 euros). The picture had previously been in the possession of the photographed Françoise Bornet.

Publications (selection)

  • 1945: Imprimeries Clandestines. Le Point, Lanzac Par Souillac.
  • 1955: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Lausanne, Editions Clairefontaine.
  • 1976: The Paris of Robert Doisneau and Max-Pol Fouchet. People and the world, Berlin.
  • 1980: three seconds of eternity. Schirmer / Mosel, Munich, ISBN 3-88814-847-2 .
  • 2010: My Paris. Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-8296-0502-1 .
  • 2014: Robert Doisneau. Taschen, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-8365-4714-7 .

Awards

  • 1947: Prix ​​Kodak (1947)
  • 1956: Prix ​​Niepce
  • 1983: Grand Prix National de la Photography
  • 1984: Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur

Movie

  • Robert Doisneau. Photographer, humanist, friend. (OT: Robert Doisneau. Le révolté du merveilleux. ) Documentary, France, 2015, 77:03 min., Script and direction: Clémentine Deroudille, production: Day For Night Productions, arte France, INA , first broadcast: October 23, 2016 at arte, table of contents by ARD . The director is a granddaughter of Robert Doisneau and had access to previously unpublished material from the estate. In the cinema under the German title Robert Doisneau. The eye of Paris .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Doisneau. Photographer, humanist, friend. In: arte / ARD , October 23, 2016.
  2. ^ Short biography: Robert Doisneau (1912–1994). In: Atelier Robert Doisneau , (English), accessed October 24, 2016.
  3. ^ Groupe scolaire Robert Doisneau. In: Les projets d'Île Seguin-Rives de Seine (French), accessed on October 24, 2016.
  4. ^ Björn Stüben: Honest milieu studies from Paris in the 50s. French photographer Robert Doisneau was born 100 years ago. In: Deutschlandradio , calendar sheet , April 14, 2012, accessed on October 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ cf. Michel Guerrin: Robert Doisneau le braconnier de l'éphémère - Le plus célèbre photographe français est mort 1er avril à Paris. In: Le Monde , April 4, 1994, beginning of the article.
  6. ↑ Hommage aux hommes célèbres de Raizeux. In: Raizeux Town Hall , (French), accessed October 24, 2016.
  7. ↑ a b c d e Doisneau, Robert (1912-1994). In: French National Library , (French), accessed October 24, 2016.
  8. ↑ Results at Christie's , accessed April 14, 2012
  9. ↑ a b Legendary “kiss” photo auctioned for 155,000 euros. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 26, 2005.
  10. ↑ http://www.filmkinotext.de/robert-doisneau-das-auge-von-paris.html , accessed on September 10, 2017
  11. ↑ http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/248899.html , accessed on September 18, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Doisneau, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French photographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Gentilly , France
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1994
Place of death Paris