A couple, passionately lost in kiss that transcends time or place, is oblivious to the pedestrians streaming around them in Robert Doisneau’s “Le Baiser de l’Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1950.” Beginning his work in the ad department of a French pharmaceutical company, Doisneau (1912 – 1994) became a photojournalist, realistically portraying ordinary people enjoying everyday life in Paris. After shooting masterpieces of the Occupation and Liberation of Paris, Doisneau’s work was especially meaningful after World War II’s devastation.

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