Who took the famous photograph of "the lovers" in front of a train station in Paris?

Question

He was really famous and I can't for the life of me remember. It's someone like Henri-Cartier Bresson but not! It was meant to be spontaneous but there was a scandal when it was found that the couple posed for the picture. Thanks so much!

Answer 1

Robert Doisneau.

At least, that's who I think you mean. Here's some info about the shot that *I'm* thinking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dois...

That very image is staring at me from my bookshelf - it's on the cover of "Robert Doisneau" by Jean-Claude Gautrand, a cheap Taschen publication from their Icons series. Recommended.

Just to the left of that stands "The Man, the Image & the World", a retrospective of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Pricey but also recommended, despite the complete lack of photographs of lovers in front of train stations. (Nobody's perfect.)

Ooh, here's another famous kiss photograph - VJ day in Times Square by Eisenstaedt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%E2%80%93J... (not posed).

I'll quit now... I could do this all day.

Answer 2

it was, it was henri cartier-bresson

Answer 3

Henri-Cartier Bresson