Robert Doisneau: The Vogue Years

From high-society balls and fashion shoots to portraits of artists and scenes from urban life in France, this volume showcases Doisneaus best photographs for Vogue Paris. Celebrated photographer Robert Doisneau worked for Vogue from 1949 until 1965, illustrating a postwar France filled with a renewed zest for life. His little-known images of haute couture featured models like Brigitte Bardot and Bettina, who he photographed in the studio and out on the streets. He chronicled the members of the caf society in their stately homes and at glamorous costume galas, dancing the night away. Best known for his humanist approach, he masterfully captured scenes from everyday life―from the grace of a wedding procession over a footbridge to the petulance of a child impatient for cake. Doisneaus photographs captured the spirit of the era and featured celebrities like Karen Blixen, Picasso,

Robert Doisneau (1912–1994) was a major twentieth-century photographer. His photographs were published in Life, Paris Match, and Vogue. Major posthumous retrospectives of his work have been held in Paris, at the Art Institute of Chicago, and at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York. Flammarion has published Robert Doisneau: Paris (2005/2010), Doisneau: Portraits of the Artists (2008), Robert Doisneau: Palm Springs 1960 (2010), Robert Doisneau: Paris Les Halles Market (2011), and The Best of Doisneau: Paris (2014). 
Edmonde Charles-Roux was an author and former editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris.