Showing posts with label French photographers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French photographers. Show all posts

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Henri Cartier-Bresson

 Beynac, France, 1956
  
 Dublin, Ireland, 1952
  
 Political meeting, Parc des Expositions, Paris, 1953
  
 Rome, 1952
  
 Rome, 1959
  
 Sumatra, Indonesia, 1950
  
 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 1958
  
 Vaucluse, France, 1956
  
World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium. 1958

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Robert Doisneau

"The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street."  Robert Doisneau

 La poule en laisse
[Per commenter POP9, translation is "Hen on a leash"]
  
 Les Halles, Paris
  
 Mademoiselle Anita, 1951
  
 Maison de la Famille
  
 Medals
  
 Round Saint Cere
  
 Spring, Paris, 1953
  
 The Band
  
 The bouquet of daffodils, Paris, 1950
[Doisneau's "kiss" photos are some of his most famous: the above and the next one]
  
 The kiss in front of the Hotel de Ville 1950
  
 The kiss on the Pont des Arts
[per commenter Sindelar, this is not by Doisneau but is a modern photo done in his style]
  
 The schoolchildren of rue Damesme

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) is considered to be one of the fathers of modern photo-journalism.

 Behind Saint-Lazare Train Station, 1932
  
 Coronation of King George VI, London, 1937
  
 Demonstration at the Communards' Wall, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, 1937-39
  
 Madrid, Spain, 1933
  
 Prostitute, Mexico City, 1934
  
 Tuscany. Sienna. 1933
  
 Coney Island, New York, 1946
  
 Dessau, Germany, April 1945
  
 Dessau, Germany, April 1945
  
 Easter Sunday, Harlem, 1947
  
 Massachusetts. Cape Cod, July 4th, 1947
  
 Refugees performing exercises, Kurukshetra, India, 1947
  
 Srinagar, Kashmir, 1948
  
The arrival of a boat carrying refugees from Europe reunites a mother and son, 1946

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Henri Lemoine

Henri Lemoine (1848-1924) was the incarnation of the typical Sunday photographer. The hundreds of shots acquired from his descendants reveal the spectator curious of the life of his time. 

 Bois d'Amour at Pont-Aven
  
 Bois de Boulogne, skating on the big lake
  
 Group portrait and photographer's back
  
 Guinguette à Poissy
  
 Haymaking
  
 Les Halles de Paris
  
 Palais du Trocadéro
  
 People and carriages, Bois de Boulogne
  
 People at the racetrack
  
 People at the racetrack
  
 Racetrack, day of drag, Auteuil
  [Google translated "journée de drag" as "day of drag", which seems weird.
Could "drag" be a French colloquiallism meaning "race"? That would make more sense.]
 
 Racetrack, women with parasols
  
 Team of horses on a site
  
 Venise, le Quai des Esclavons
  
 Village street scene
  
 Visit of the Russian fleet to Toulon in 1883