A shot that Robert Doisneau took of two people kissing has become intrinsically related to Paris – and to romance. Agnès Poirier takes a closer look. It is one of the iconic photographs of the 20th ...

It was an image of romance which defined an era in the city of love. What became known as Le baiser de l'hotel de ville (Kiss by the City Hall) showed young Parisienne Francoise Delbart in a clinch ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

His black and white photographs once typified the magic of 'gay' Paris. Now French photographer Robert Doisneau has received the ultimate accolade - he has been celebrated with his own Google Doodle.

In 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris, a Polish refugee knocked urgently at the door of French photographer Robert Doisneau. Serge Dobkowski desperately needed fake papers and he’d heard that Doisneau was the ...

A couple embracing amidst the flurry of a busy Parisian street, the infamous photo captured by the French pioneer of photojournalism Robert Doisneau, makes up part of the Google Doodle photo collage ...

The lovers pause in front of the cafe terrace. His right hand clasps her shoulder. Their hairstyles and clothing and the vintage cars on the Rue de Rivoli behind them date the scene to post-second ...

THE first photo Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) ever shot was a pile of cobblestones, in 1928, when the French photographer was just 16. Such was the humble beginning of a “humanist photographer”: one who ...