Robert Doisneau (1912–1994) - La Java, novembre 1951

Robert Doisneau (April 14, 1912 – April 1, 1994) was a French photographer, one of the most popular of the post-war period, and was, alongside Willy Ronis, Édouard Boubat, Izis, and Émile Savitry, one of the main representatives of the French humanist photographic 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 Award in 1947 and the Niepce Award in 1956. In 1951, an exhibition at the MOMA in New York established his international reputation.

This "poacher of the ephemeral" is famous for his photographs of schoolchildren and people encountered on the streets of Paris, but these works full of lightness and humanism should not make us forget the rebellious character of the photographer, who strives to express through images his hatred of war, his concerns about capitalism, and his escapades in the suburbs.

One of the most influential photographers of the 20th century alongside other photographers of his era 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:
Title: La Java, November 1951
Author(s): Robert Doisneau (1912-1994)
Photolithographic printing on thick paper.
'Copyright Robert Doisneau' on the front of the image (see photos).
Dimensions: 29.7 x 34.8 cm.
Very well preserved (with small imperfections)