Robert Doisneau /

Robert Doisneau /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Milano : Silvana Editoriale, [2021]
Description:	175 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language:	Italian English French
Subject:	Doisneau, Robert -- Exhibitions. Doisneau, Robert. Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions. Black-and-white photography -- France -- Paris -- Exhibitions. Street photography -- Exhibitions. Black-and-white photography. Photography, Artistic. France -- Paris. Catalogs. Catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12708517

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Other authors / contributors:	Doisneau, Robert. Bauret, Gabriel, editor. Palazzo Roverella (Rovigo, Italy)
ISBN:	9788836649747 8836649742
Notes:	Catalog of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Roverella, Rovigo, Italy, Sept. 26, 2021-Jan. 31, 2022. Includes bibliographical references. Text in Italian, English and French.
Summary:	Robert Doisneau (Gentilly, 1912 - Montrouge, 1994) is regarded as one of the founding fathers of French humanist photography and street photojournalism. Through his lens he was able to grasp the daily life of the men and women who populate Paris and its suburbs, presenting the city and its inhabitants with an ironic and light touch, but also with deep humanity and participation. The volume collects 130 black and white silver salt prints from the Atelier Robert Doisneau in Montrouge, which houses his photographic archive. Whether they are photographs made on commission or the result of his wanderings in Paris, the artist's personal style is outlined through these shots, which mixes charm and imagination, but also a freedom of expression not far from surrealism. These pictures capture moments of daily happiness among ordinary people - such as the famous Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville, or "The kiss" - in which tenderness, sometimes veiled with melancholy, but also ever-present notes of humour are mixed.

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Summary:	An affordable introduction to the great French modernist and chronicler of Paris Famous artists and humble laborers; nightlife and early-morning streets; the horrors of war and the joys of childhood: French photographer Robert Doisneau (1912-94) tirelessly captured the polarities and contradictions of Paris with his Leica. Robert Doisneau offers an overview of the beloved photographer's masterful series in an affordable package. This hardcover volume features iconic works such as his Le Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville , as well as lesser-known images such as Doisneau's depictions of Jacob Riis-like squalor in a reemerging postwar Paris. A section is devoted to Doisneau's portraits of some of the most famous 20th-century personalities who called Paris home or were just passing through. These include portraits of Albert Camus, André Malraux, Jacques Prévert, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Dubuffet, Fernand Léger, Saul Steinberg, Jean Tinguely and others.
Item Description:	Catalog of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Roverella, Rovigo, Italy, Sept. 26, 2021-Jan. 31, 2022.
Physical Description:	175 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9788836649747 8836649742