Les Géants du Nord

Les Géants du Nord

Robert DoisneauWW-1951-M045719
1951·Gelatin silver print·16 1/8 × 11 13/16" (41 × 30 cm)

Catalogue

Year
1951
Dimensions
16 1/8 × 11 13/16" (41 × 30 cm)

Artist

Robert Doisneau
Robert Doisneau

Photography

Robert Doisneau was a French photographer whose black-and-white street photographs captured the texture of Parisian daily life in the postwar decades. Working primarily in 35mm, he developed a distinctive approach to candid documentary that balanced formal composition with unguarded human moments, often centering ordinary people in public spaces. His photographs have been exhibited at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and major international institutions. Doisneau's work defined a humanistic photographic tradition that valued intimacy and wit over spectacle.

Gentilly, France

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Year
1951
Dimensions
16 1/8 × 11 13/16" (41 × 30 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1951-M045719

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau

Photography

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