Robert Doisneau (1912–1994) - School in Paris, 2 works.

Robert Doisneau (April 14, 1912 – April 1, 1994) was a French photographer, one of the most popular during the postwar period and was, together with Willy Ronis, Édouard Boubat, Izis and Émile Savitry, one of the leading representatives of the French humanist photography movement and a pioneer of photojournalism.

He was an independent photographer for the Rapho agency and sold his photographs to magazines as diverse as Le Point, Vogue, La Vie ouvrière. He received the Kodak Prize in 1947 and the Niepce Prize in 1956. In 1951, an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York established him internationally.

This "hunter of the ephemeral" is famous for his photographs of schoolchildren and of people encountered on the streets of Paris, but these works full of lightness and humanity should not obscure the photographer's rebellious character, who strives to translate through images his hatred of war, his concerns about capitalism, and his wanderings through the suburbs.

One of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, alongside other photographers of his time such as: Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Walter Evans, Philippe Halsman, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Mario Giacomelli, Herb Ritts, Josef Sudek, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Avedon, Steve McCurry, among many others.

Details:
Titles (2): Close to the Right Answer, Paris 5th 1956
Pinafores on Rue de Rivoli Paris 1st 1978
Author(s): Robert Doisneau (1912-1994)
Lithographic photoprint on thick matte paper.
'Copyright Robert Doisneau’ on the verso of the image (see photos).
Dimensions: 33x25.5 cm.
Very well preserved.