po_Doisneau-Robert1Robert Doisneau (April 14, 1912 – April 1, 1994) was a French photographer.

He and Henri Cartier-Bresson were pioneers of photojournalism. He is renowned for his 1950 image Le baiser de l’hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Town Hall), a photograph of a couple kissing in the busy streets of Paris. Doisneau was appointed a Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honor in 1984.

 

 

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