Robert Doisneau

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Robert Doisneau 

• By Alma Tellez Photo120 J. Dotta

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LIFE

• 1912 Born April 14th in Gentilly, France .
• He studied at Ecole Estienne in Paris and
  received a diploma as an engraver-lithographer.
• Works as an industrial photographer at the
  Renault factories in Billancourt , France .
• In 1994, he had a contract with Vogue magazine.
• Le
  baiser de l'hôtel de ville

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• He sold his first photo-story to the Excelsior
  newspaper in 1932
• Doisneau used photography as a narrative tool.
• He wanted to change the visual impact of the
  photograph
• He manipulated the images, such as multiple
  exposures onto the paper using his small
  darkroom.
• He died in 1994

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AWARDS

• 1986 Balzac Prize
• 1983 Grand Prix National de la Photographie
• 1956 Niepce Prize
• 1947 Kodak Prize

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exhibitions

• Oxford, England
• Portugal
• Scotland
• Osaka, Japan
• Chile
• Ireland
• Canada

• Paris
• New York
• Chicago
• Amsterdam
• Beijing
• Tokyo
• Rome

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Themes

• Children at play
• Busy streets of Paris
• Occupation and liberation of Paris
• Fashion photography
• He photographed many artists such as Giacometti,
  Cocteau, Leger, Braque, and Picasso.

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• "The marvels of daily life are exciting no movie
  director can arrange the unexpected that you find
  in the street." Doisneau
• -He took photography first as a hobby, but later
  on he used advertising and postcard photography
  to earn his living

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