This well-priced collection of the French street photography master is a fantastic look at one of the greats, says Amy Davies
£35, Flammarion, hardback, 400 pages, ISBN: 9782080294722
Anyone with a passing interest in midcentury street photography will surely already be familiar with the name Robert Doisneau. His work is up there with the likes of the American photographers such as Robert Frank, Vivian Maier, Saul Leiter et al, when it seemed to be a golden time for street photography. On this side of the Atlantic, nobody seemed to do it better than France’s Doisneau. In this definitive collection of his Parisian work, which has been produced in close collaboration with Doisneau’s estate (he died in 1994), you’ll find almost 600 photographs of his beloved capital. The estate is managed by Doisneau’s daughters, Annette Doisneau and Francine Derondille.
The red-tipped pages of the book add an extra special touch, and although it’s a re-issue of an older volume, if you’ve never owned the book before – this is now the one to go for.
Among the dozens of pictures, we get a wonderful tour through the gardens of Paris, along the Seine, elegant dog walkers take a stroll, free
