Robert Doisneau was born on April 14 1912 and died on April 1 1994 and was a french photographer. He was raised by an unlovin gaunt when both of his parents were dead. He enrolled at a craft school and was introduced to the arts. And when he was 16 he started taking Amateur photos first of rocks (because he was so shy) then moving on to people. He worked for studios and was a camera assistant. He changed his job again and in 1932 he sold his first photographic story to a magazine. In 1939 he took his first professional street photos when he was traveling in France with a man who had hired him to find sties to photograph. Also, he was drafted into the french army as a photographer and soldier in 1940. After the war he went back to freelance photography and sold some photos for Life. He was married to Pierrette Chaumaison and had two daughters, one of which was his assistant till his death. His most famous photograph was of a couple kissing in the streets of France.Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Town Hall. He died of acute Pancreatitis in 1994.
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