Hommage à Doisneau

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About Hommage à Doisneau

Group rules...Please read before posting.

1. The group is about the photography of people, captured in a spontaneous way, usually in a street setting. We're not looking for a distant silhouette, a posed portrait or a holiday snap.

2. All images must have a scenic aspect. As our admin clepsydre wrote: “The scenic aspect comes from the capture of a precise moment in a story. The viewer will imagine ‘a before’ and ‘an after’. A viewer will create his or her own story, but the photo will induce the viewer to imagine the story. A scenic photo will appear as though it is a good quality image taken from a movie reel.”

3. No nudity, no HDR, but cropping, touch-ups and minor adjustments are permitted

4. No landscapes, city views, ordinary street shots without a scenic element, animals, industrial places, flowers and so on - unless they are backdrops to the main characters.

The admins will remove without prior notice any photos that do not comply with the group rules. Reposting will result in the member being banned.

We've added a few new images from Doisneau. One of them is widely known, but not the others, at least to out knowledge. Doisneau was waiting "in ambush" for the reaction of people to the picture.

This is the one that is widely known:



Here's the others, not so well known:









www.flickr.com/photos/happyjohn/3223496538/






Contest Vision of a Couple Congratulations to the winner ljesmith, photo #4



Review all the photos and vote details.
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Please invite only photos that comply with the rules above and use the following code :

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Please add this magnificent image to---Cette magnifique image devrait figurer dans le groupe <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/394177@N23/">Hommage à Doisneau</a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/394177@N23/"> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1219/542234854_300d749ac3_o.jpg" /> Hommage à Doisneau</a>

Please add tag - Merci d'ajouter le tag - HommageADoisneau
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It will look like this:

Please add this magnificent image to -Cette magnifique image devrait figurer dans le groupe Hommage à Doisneau

Hommage à Doisneau

Please add tag HommageADoisneau




Each time you post a photo, please comment on 2 or more of your faves in the pool, using the following code :

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Seen on, Vue sur <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/394177@N23/"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1219/542234854_300d749ac3_o.jpg" /> Hommage à Doisneau</a>
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It will look like this:

Seen on, Vue sur Hommage à Doisneau
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Robert Doisneau:



Here's a few examples of Doisneau's work.


© Robert Doisneau


© Robert Doisneau



© Robert Doisneau


© Robert Doisneau


© Robert Doisneau


© Robert Doisneau


© Robert Doisneau


© Robert Doisneau


© Robert Doisneau


© Robert Doisneau


The following is to give an idea of unacceptable photos for this group.

A studio portrait :


A portrait outside a studio, but dull and with no scenic element:


A portrait that brings ridicule to the subject. Doisneau was kind to his subjects:


A street scene with no scenic interest whatsoever:


An ordinary street scene with nothing in it.:


A building with few or no people. This kind of image has no place in the Doisneau group.The focus is on people. Buildings and sceneries are only a backdrop to the main characters:


And of course, all sceneries, landscapes, plants, flowers and so on are not acceptable unless they are backdrops as well as animals, even if they are funny or cute.



Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) was a French photographer noted for his frank and often humorous depictions of Parisian street life.
From wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doisneau

Within Flickr, toureiffel and sebastianba have images by Doisneau. There are probably others elsewhere within Flickr.
www.flickr.com/photos/toureiffel/
www.flickr.com/photos/sebastianba/ under "Otros autores"

On the web, the following French language pages are interesting:

monsieurphoto.free.fr/index.php?menu=1&Id=1
robertdoisneau.ifrance.com/accueil.html

Other sites:

www.alainbeaulet.com/site.php?type=P&id=168
www.unine.ch/sed/doisneau/doisneau.html
www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/2588

A dialogue in French between Frank Horvat and Robert Doisneau on their profession and photography:
www.horvatland.com/pages/entrevues/02-doisneau-fr_en.htm

There is also the "Maison Robert Doisneau" near Paris, dedicated to showing images by followers of Doisneau
1 rue de la Division du Général Leclerc, 94250 GENTILLY
www.pidf.com/page/p-73/art_id-406/idf-PCUIDF0940000007/

Please let us know of other sites relating to Doisneau.