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Robert
Doisneau 1912-94, France (www.RobertDoisneau.com) |
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Tehran, Iran, October 2007 |
By: Sahar Seyedi |
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Robert Doisneau was born in Gentilly in Val-de-Marne, France. He studied engraving at the Ecole Estienne in Chantilly, but he found his training antiquated and useless after graduation. He learned photography in the advertising department of a pharmaceutical firm. 1930: Began photographing details of objects in 1930 1932: Sold his photo-story to the Excelsior newspaper 1934: Camera assistant to the sculptor Andrei Vigneaux; finished military service; taking a job as an industrial & advertising photographer for Renault Factory at Billancourt 1939: Fired; freelance advertising and postcard photography to earn his living; worked in Rapho Photo Agency for some months; a soldier in World War II 1939-45: A member of the Resistance as a soldier and as a photographer, he used his engraving skills of forge passports and identification papers; he photographed occupation and liberation of Paris. 1946: After the war, he returned to freelance work for Life and other leading international magazines; joined Alliance Photo Agency for a short time; worked for Rapho since 1946 1947: Won the Kodak Prize 1948-51: Against his inclinations, he did high-society and fashion photography for Paris Vogue; in addition to his reportage, he took photographs of many French artists, including Braque, Cocteau, Giacometti, Leger and Picasso. 1956: Won Niepce Prize 1967: Consultant to Expo 67, Canada 1973: A short movie, “Le Paris de Robert Doisneau”, was made. Robert Doisneau, a shy-unassuming man, who lived in Paris suburb of Montrouge, has been the subject of the major retrospectives at the National Library of Paris, Art Institute of Chicago, George Eastman House in Rochester (New York) and Witkin Gallery in New York City. To visit some of the works of Robert Doisneau, please check the above mentioned website. To see his photos and more information visit: www.RobertDoisneau.com . |
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