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Willy RonisThe Lovers of the Bastille - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, Humanist Photographer1957
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- Creator:Willy Ronis (1910-2009, French)
- Creation Year:1957
- Dimensions:Height: 11.82 in (30 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Paris, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU103413668911
Willy Ronis
Claiming interest in “ordinary people with ordinary lives,” Willy Ronis was among the foremost postwar French photographers, who spent his career roaming the Parisian streets capturing people in love, at work, and at play in lyrical black-and-white images. Like his colleagues Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Brassaï, he was a central figure in the “humanist photography” movement, celebrating the poetry in the everyday in warm, witty images. “I have never sought out the extraordinary or the scoop,” he once said. “The beauty of the ordinary was always the source of my greatest emotions.” Ronis honed his sense of proportion and composition working in his parents’ photography studio. He holds the distinction of being the first French staff photographer for LIFE Magazine, and his work was included in Edward Steichen’s seminal “Five French Photographers” (1951) and “The Family of Man” (1955) exhibitions.
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