Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The hidden treasures of Doisneau


Am I lucky? Yes, a little bit! Yesterday evening (Monday), I had the opportunity of going to the opening of a great exhibition, where several unknown photos by Doisneau were presented! How is that possible? Well simply because he took a zillion shots and it's only recently that his daughters decided to dig them out from where they were sleeping... Stunning as always, but you have to go to the Artcurial gallery (at the bottom of Les Champs Elysées) to see them all ;-)

18 comments:

  1. Oh, wow. Gorgeous photo, great composition.

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  2. I think this is one of the great photos of Eric for the next PDP calendar 2013

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  3. An exhibit like that is reason in itself to go to Paris. The champagne is another reason.

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  4. I really love this photo as well - the first thing that jumped out at me was the beautiful light. The composition is lovely, too. You know, Eric, we Doisneau what we'd do without you! ;)

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  5. Hey Artcurial--When is the Eric Tenin exhibit?

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  6. Wonderful photo!
    And I love Doisneau's photos! Wish I could see the exhibit.

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  7. Carrie: well done. I couldn't have said it better. Merci.

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  8. mega-cool shot.... and gosh, Doisneau.... you ARE one lucky guy!
    I absolutely will have to see them too! :)
    Carrie :))))) well done!
    MDP - agree!

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  9. The shot shows the once sleeping ladies dancing out of the champagne - lovely way to awaken!

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  10. Great photo, it makes me thirsty and
    I could do with a glass of these bubbles.

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  11. Another nice capture and perfect mood lighting! You should have enough images for a Tenin exhibition!

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  12. Oui, Oui Monsieur you are indeed very lucky!! I would love to see that exhibit! Je suis jalouse!!

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  13. Lovely image. Love the bubbles.

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  14. Oh yeah, you are one lucky son-of-a-gun (comme on dit ici). Hope those photos have been well preserved while they were sleeping. Yours is fabulous, btw!

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  15. cheers thanks for letting us sneak in with you .

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  16. Love the photo and the champagne looks inviting too

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  17. Oh yes, that's lucky. I love the guy. I can almost "see" the Paris he shot, or fill in the blanks. Paris didn't change that much for a while [except for the Pompidou Center I guess], then it looks like everything happened all at once in the 80's and beyond.

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  18. Thanks for this M.Tenin. Once again there's a slight coincidence; I've just seen the Doisneau exhibition at the Hôtel de Ville where he shows 'the hole' of Les Halles, and now history is repeating itself. Funny!

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