Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau lived from 1912 to 1994 and was born in Gentilly, France. At age 16, he took up amateur photography. In 1931 he had a job as an assistant with André Vigneau. During WW II he was drafted in the French army and served until the end. He also forged documents for the French Resistance and in 1948 he started working for French Vogue. He returned to his photojournalistic style and to the streets of Paris in 1951. Fashion photography just was not what he enjoyed. Doisneau sought out to capture the surreal in everyday life.

"In fact there isn't any recipe - that would be too easy - but all these images that are growing old so gracefully were taken instinctively. I put all my trust in intuition, which contributes so much more than rational thought.” –Doisneau



I chose Robert Doisneau to do an artist share on because his photojournalistic style in his photographs catch people in the moment. I think that is the feel I am trying to get with using older photographs of my family. Some of those moments are so raw and have a sense of perfect candidness.

Resources

http://staleywise.com/collection/doisneau/doisneau.html

http://www.leninimports.com/robert_doisneau.html

http://fantastic-dl.blogspot.com/2011/05/robert-doisneau-photographer-france.html