Robert Doisneau - Les Alpes de Doisneau (MINT CONDITION, SHRINK-WRAPPED) - 2012

VERY BEAUTIFUL PHOTOBOOK PROJECT by FAMOUS FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER Robert Doisneau ("La Banlieue de Paris"), with a book and 20 loose photo panels in a box - in BRANDNEW CONDITION.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Les Alpes de Doisneau" which focused on Doisneau's journeys in the Alps in the 30's and 60's:

Shows his fashion photographs for Vogue magazine, advertising for cars, photo reports of the picturesque Alps,
family vacation at Laffrey.

A WONDERFUL RE-DISCOVERY OF THE REGION AND ERA THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S EYE.

New, mint, unread; still originally shrink-wrapped in publisher's plastic foil.
COLLECTOR'S CONDITION.

Welcome to the 1st auction « Masters of French Photobooks » gathered by Anatole Desachy (France) and Ecki Heuser (Germany) at the occasion of the 57th edition of « Rencontres d’Arles » photofestival. From Man Ray & Brassaï avant-garde period of time to Lucien Clergue & Antoine D’Agata who are both linked to this fabulous city, enjoy our impressive selection of photobooks including deluxe, signed & association copies from great photographers !

"The marvels of daily life are so exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street."
- Robert Doisneau -

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Musée de l'Ancien Évêché, Grenoble. Éditions Glénat 2012. First edition, first printing.

Hardcover in printed cardboard box. 240 x 288 mm. 160 pages. Contains 20 photo panels. Edited by Vladimir Vasak. Text in French.

GREAT ROBERT DOISNEAU PHOTOBOOK OBJECT - in perfect condition.

Before becoming a world-renowned humanist photographer, Doisneau worked as a photojournalist and illustrator. A selection of black and white photographs from the artist's studio in Montrouge takes us from the Tyrol to the Mercantour, via Grenoble, Laffrey, Megève and the Queyras, to discover a little-known Doisneau.

Robert Doisneau is the maker of many great photobooks, for example of "La banlieue de Paris":
- Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, page 187/201
- Andrew Roth , Book of 101 Books, page 132
- 802 photo books from the M. + M. Auer collection, page 336

"Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) was a French photographer. From the 1930s, he photographed the streets of Paris. He was a champion of humanist photography and, with Henri Cartier-Bresson, a pioneer of photojournalism.
Doisneau is known for his 1950 image Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (The Kiss by the City Hall), a photograph of a couple kissing on a busy Parisian street.
He was appointed a Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour in 1984 by then French president, François Mitterrand.
Doisneau is remembered for his modest, playful, and ironic images of amusing juxtapositions, mingling social classes, and eccentrics in contemporary Paris streets and cafes. Influenced by the work of André Kertész, Eugène Atget, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, in more than twenty books of photography, he presented a charming vision of human frailty and life as a series of quiet, incongruous moments.
Doisneau's work gives unusual prominence and dignity to children's street culture; returning again and again to the theme of children at play in the city, unfettered by parents. His work treats their play with seriousness and respect."
(Wikipedia)