Robert Doisneau centennial

[batterytypehah!]

I wouldn't have realized but Google is honoring him on the home page today. So, salute to a master, and -- sorry HCB -- to probably the most famous street photo of them all, Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville.

 

[JMQ]

I read that the famous l'hotel de ville photo was staged, not spontaneous. Can anyone confirm?

 

[paulfish4570]

thanks for the tip.

 

[paulfish4570]

the info with the feature says the photo was, indeed, set up but the romance was real. the two young actors broke up not long afterwards.

 

[JMQ]

Thanks Paul.

 

[charjohncarter]

Watch and listen to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uk9zykqYxE&feature=fvsr

 

[rlouzan]

JMQ,

Yes, it was staged. It was done for a Life magazine article. Years later Robert Doisneau was sued by the models, but had model releases.

Regards,
Robert

I read that the famous l'hotel de ville photo was staged, not spontaneous. Can anyone confirm?

 

[batterytypehah!]

FWIW my personal opinion is it doesn't matter one bit if staged or not. For news photography, yes. Everything else, no, not at all. A good photo is a good photo, and what the photo doesn't show simply doesn't exist in the photo, only in our minds.

 

[JMQ]

JMQ,

Yes, it was staged. It was done for a Life magazine article. Years later Robert Doisneau was sued by the models, but had model releases.

Regards,
Robert

Thank you for confirming Robert. Regards, Jean-Marc

 

[rlouzan]

The first one that made a big deal about it not being staged, was Robert Doisneau himself ... but the article claimed otherwise.

 

[back alley]

that was pretty cool...