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Be-bop en cave Vieux Colombier<\/em>, 1951, by Robert Doisneau<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

In a darkened Paris nightclub, a young couple dances as if no one else exists. She twists away, skirt flaring, dark hair drifting behind her right shoulder; he follows the jazzy beat, every joint of his skeleton loose with movement as he gazes affectionately at his partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around them, people turn to watch the dancers as well as the unseen photographer, Robert Doisneau<\/a>. The picture, titled Be-bop en cave Vieux Colombier<\/em>, from 1951, is at once spontaneous and intimate \u2014 a fleeting encounter preserved without losing its energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has a very prominent place in my house,\u201d says actress Patricia Clarkson, whose former boyfriend gifted the print to her in the 1990s. \u201cI look at it pretty much every day, and it thrills me every single time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clarkson reflects on the image in the newest episode of the Objects of Desire<\/em><\/a> podcast, noting what she describes as its romance and physical immediacy \u2014 the way the dancers\u2019 bodies seem caught mid-gesture rather than arranged for the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Robert<\/a>
Doisneau shot this self-portrait in the Paris suburb of Villejuif in 1949. Photo \u00a9 Atelier Robert Doisneau<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A genuine sense of presence suffuses Doisneau\u2019s work. Rather than staging over-the-top compositions, he returned again and again to ordinary Parisians in motion \u2014 children playing, couples kissing, passersby passing by \u2014 finding what he later described as moments meant to be shared rather than possessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhether he was photographing Picasso<\/a> or a worker, it was the same level of humanity for him,\u201d says Isabelle Benoit, curator of the traveling retrospective “Robert Doisneau. Instants Donn\u00e9s<\/a>,” on view at La Boverie in Li\u00e8ge, Belgium, now through May 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in 1912 in the suburb of Gentilly, just south of Paris, Doisneau lost both parents early: his father, a plumber, was killed in World War I when he was four years old; his mother died of tuberculosis when he was seven. Raised by an aunt, he later enrolled at Paris\u2019s \u00c9cole Estienne, studying engraving, lithography and the crafts of the book trade before turning to photography.<\/p>\n\n\n

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La Voiture Fondue<\/em>, 1944, by Robert Doisneau<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

He came of age as cameras were becoming lighter and faster, part of the first generation liberated from tripods and long exposure times. His preferred brands were Rolleiflex and Leica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For most of us, Doisneau\u2019s name calls to mind Le Baiser de l\u2019H\u00f4tel de Ville<\/em>, 1950, his photograph of a young couple kissing on a busy Paris promenade \u2014 an image originally made for Life<\/em> magazine that later became one of the most widely reproduced pictures of the 20th century and an enduring icon of postwar Parisian romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benoit notes that he started out photographing cobblestone streets, then children, \u201cbecause he was a very shy person.\u201d Only later did he develop the charm and nerve to get lens-to-face with adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the 1930s, Doisneau was professionally employed at the Renault factory outside Paris, documenting assembly-line workers and engineers and producing ads featuring the cars they built. He even acquired a special license to shoot from airplanes. The job paid the bills but left him restless, and he was fired for chronic lateness.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Robert<\/a>
Homme \u00e0 la t\u00eate tatou\u00e9e<\/em>, ca. 1950, by Robert Doisneau<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cTo him, the most important part of that job was daily contact with workers,\u201d Benoit says. Although his upbringing was petit bourgeois, he had a lifelong identification with the working class, which was deepened by France\u2019s mass labor strikes of 1936 and shaped both his subject matter and his sense of purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This placed him firmly within the tradition of humanist photography. \u201cI prefer the term ‘poetic realism,’ \u201d Benoit says. \u201cHe was able to restore poetry even in the most difficult social situations \u2014 people on the street, workers from the coal mines \u2014 and bring humanity to very dark contexts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, Doisneau resisted sentimentality. During his three years at Vogue<\/em>, in the 1950s, he photographed concierges, housekeepers and daily life in cities like Le Havre and Marseille. \u201cHe felt a duty to show real French people,\u201d Benoit says. \u201cVogue<\/em> was not just a fashion magazine back then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Robert<\/a>
Le Chien \u00e0 Roulettes<\/em>, 1977, by Robert Doisneau<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

In mid-century Europe, specialization was rare. Agencies asked for everything, and Doisneau obliged, taking assignments related to industry and advertising, nightlife and leisure. \u201cHe considered himself a worker,\u201d Benoit says, \u201ca photographer responding to commissions.\u201d The label \u201cartist\u201d came later, once the pictures had outlived their origins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belgian exhibition underscores just how widely his practice ranged. It includes, of course, Doisneau\u2019s most famous creation: Le Baiser de l\u2019H\u00f4tel de Ville<\/em>, 1950<\/a>, his photograph of a young couple pausing to smooch on a busy Paris promenade, which was shot for Life<\/em> magazine and went on to become one of the most widely reproduced pictures of the 20th century and an enduring icon of postwar Parisian romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But alongside his well-known black-and-white street scenes are advertising commissions, editorial spreads, collages from the 1960s and \u201970s and lesser-known color photos, including a surprising Palm Springs series depicting wealthy Americans playing golf. \u201cYou don\u2019t expect it to be by Doisneau, but it is,\u201d Benoit says.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Robert<\/a>
Le Petit Balcon<\/em>, 1953, by Robert Doisneau<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cPeople misunderstand him as a romantic photographer nostalgic for Paris in the \u201950s,\u201d she adds. \u201cBut he was a modern observer. He never said things were better before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The immediacy of the pictures still resonates with collectors. \u201cThe human element of the artist\u2019s photographs transcends time,\u201d says Brian Paul Clamp, director of CLAMP<\/a>, in New York. \u201cToday\u2019s viewers can still relate to the faces and personalities found in the images, as well as the humor and joie de vivre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clamp is particularly drawn to Doisneau\u2019s Parisian nightlife photographs from the early 1950s, which he sees \u201cin conversation with Brassa\u00ef<\/a>\u2019s compositions from 20 years earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Robert<\/a>
Dans la meute de voitures un baiser casque<\/em>, 1966, by Robert Doisneau<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Staley-Wise Gallery<\/a> cofounder Etheleen Staley describes Doisneau as a kind-hearted witness to a particular place and era. \u201cIt\u2019s all about France and the French people and French culture,\u201d she says. \u201cA different generation, a different time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s \u201cnothing dark, nothing harsh\u201d in his gaze, Staley adds. \u201cIt goes from dogs to babies to strippers to wedding pictures. He showed love for all his subjects. In his pictures, there\u2019s a real warmth and affection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Peter Fetterman<\/a>, the photographs can be almost therapeutic. \u201cA great Doisneau print,\u201d he says, \u201cis one that gives joy and hope and beauty for the viewer to escape to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Robert<\/a>
L’ a\u00e9roplane de Papa<\/em>, 1934, Robert Doisneau<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Fetterman’s Santa Monica gallery recently acquired a cache of Doisneau photographs from an octogenarian French collector of humanist imagery who is downsizing after decades of careful stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe wanted me to find new loving homes for them,\u201d Fetterman says. \u201cThat really is the nature of collecting. We are all only temporary custodians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea of photographs as gifts rather than trophies echoes throughout the retrospective at La Boverie. Its title, \u201cInstants Donn\u00e9s,\u201d refers to the notion of a \u201cgiven moment,\u201d Benoit says. \u201cDoisneau was always thinking about to whom he would give the photograph. So, for him, taking a picture was to make a gift.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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