Robert Doisneau A Photographer

Photojournalism He was born on April 14th, 1912 and died on April, 1st He was a French photographer. In the 1930s he used a Leica on the streets of Paris. He and Henri Cartier- Bresson were pioneers of photojournalism. He was a French photographer. In the 1930s he used a Leica on the streets of Paris. He and Henri Cartier- Bresson were pioneers of photojournalism.

The streets of Paris

Training As a young man Doisneau attended the Estienne School in Paris.He learned there the arts of the trade but he always claimed that the streets of the working-class neighbourhood of Gentilly provided his most important schooling.He learned there the arts of the trade but he always claimed that the streets of the working-class neighbourhood of Gentilly provided his most important schooling

WORK He studied engraving and lithography and went to work at advertising photographs in

He began working for André Vigneau in 1931 as his cameraman, and then joined the Renault factory in Billancourt in 1934 working as an industrial and advertising photographer.

His most famous picture is 'Kiss in front of the Palace of City Hall' (1950).