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Black and White photography, coal mining, Doisneau, France, French photographer, homeless, miners, musicians, Rapho, Rapho agency, Robert Doisneau, weavers, weaving, workers
This post is the second post related to the work of photographer Robert Doisneau.
Known for his fashion photography (e.g. for Vogue) and his images of artists such as Giacometti, Cocteau, Leger, Braque and Picaso Robert Doisneau’s portfolio is particularly rich in images of workers. He brought out in stunning black and white not only the harshness of manual work but more importantly, the dignity of the workers themselves. He was also concerned with the more marginalised in society, such as the Gitanes (gypsies) and the clochards ( homeless).
He went underground to document mining life
Mineur ,Lens 1945
les lampeslens
piqueurslens
les trieuseslens
He took to the streets and photographed the homeless
Les megots, Paris-1956
Doisneau documented the weavers and textile workers
Tapisserie-des-Gobelins
les teintures 1945
Aubusson 1945
And other workers such as musicians were also on Doisneau’s list of subjects:
doisneau_accordionist
doisneau_cellist
and a quick review of some of Robert Doisneau’s more famous pics with accompanying accordion..
and some commentaries about the process of taking photographs…quite insightful..
See also :http://wp.me/px3tK-pz (Robert Doisneau 3)
