Robert Doisneau Art

Hell, 1952 - Robert Doisneau (Black and White Photography) "Signed inscribed 'l'enfer' and dated on reverse Silver gelatin print, printed circa 1980 15 x 13 inches Some of Robert Doisneau’s (1912-1944) most memorable work was made after the end of the Second World War, when he began selling his work to LIFE magazine and other international magazines. Doisneau gained recognition with his post-war photographs, using a Leica camera...

Paris Mon Amour Table Book. Paris Mon Amour (English and Multilingual Edition) (Multilingual) Paperback – October 25, 2004. Paris Mon Amour, by Jean-Claude Gautrand. From the earliest daguerrotypes to the most recent fashion shoots, Paris has obsessed photographers as the ultimate backdrop. This stunning collection of street life and Parisians in all their variety spans eight decades of oversize images At once a cosmopolitan metropolis, venue for a pensive stroll, and emblem of the modern, Paris has been a source of inspiration for countless artists and writers down through the ages. But not least it is the home and constant muse of a relatively young art: photography. Since the earliest days of the daguerreotype right up to our time, renowned photographers such as Joseph Nicéphore Niepce, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, and Jeanloup Sieff have lived and worked in the city of lights. Over the years a love affair developed between Paris and photography, giving rise to a remarkable record of the metropolis and a telling history of a new art form. This volume takes the reader on numerous walks, camera in hand, through the streets of Paris. Atmospheric black-and-white photos, shot by great photographers over two centuries, reveal the dramatic and the tranquil, the historic and the everyday?in the capital’s parks and gardens, boulevards and backstreets, passages and arcades, bistros and nightclubs. This compilation of photographs by renowned photographers from the beginning of photography showcases an overwhelming love of Paris as a photographic subject. This "best of Paris" volume is appreciated for the caliber of its images, and is worthy of a place in your library. A two-century survey of exquisite Parisian photography...

First edition, published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1972 A delightfully nostalgic look at Paris and it’s people through the words of singer and entertainer Maurice Chevalier...

First edition, published by Cercle d'Art, Paris, 1956. A beautiful collection of photographs by Robert Doisneau of the many faces of Paris. From the rich to the poor to the fashio...