Assignment #1:
Born in Gentilly, France, Robert Doisneau first studied engraving at the Ecole Estienne, but found the training useless upon graduation. Then he began photographing details in a pharmaceutical firm, and that's where his love for photography took off. Upon being fired from an industrial and advertising photography job at an auto factory in 1939 he took up freelance and postcard photography to earn a living. He got his inspiration from Kertesz, Atget, and Cartier-Bresson. See his site.
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I like his work because he captures the everyday in such a meaningful way. Just a simple man walking down the street looks like he is being swallowed by a monster (see above photo). They represent the simplest things in life shown in a complex and emotional way. I like his style of 'simple but out of the ordinary' and his eye opening way of capturing the everyday. It seems like most of his photos taken while he is just walking down the streets, and taking pictures to preserve moments in time that will never be there again. A specific expression on a person's face, the way they move their arms, the split second before they leap off the curb; is how photography should be done. He even has a picture of 2 statues, STATUES, that has a deep emotion, but such a simple look. These are the kind of pictures I want to take.
"The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street." - Robert Doisneau
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