Talk:Robert Doisneau

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Book titles
In this edit, the French titles of Doisneau's books suddenly sprouted English translations. Most are literal, but some are not. All (or almost all) are in italics and capitalized as if actual titles.

Of course it's good that the titles are explained for those who can't read French. However, I am confused, and I think readers will be confused, by the status of these English titles. Are they the titles of subsequent English translations? Are they alternative titles provided by the publisher? Are they nonce glosses?

Cf the bibliography of the comparably prolific Ihei Kimura. There are two ways of presenting Japanese books. Whether or not they include any text in English, a large minority of books published in Japan have an additional title in English. For those that also have an English title:


 * Japanese title / English Title

and for those that do not:


 * Japanese title (English translation).

-- Hoary (talk) 04:07, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Canal Saint-Denis postcard image
I query whether this image has anything to do with Doisneau. It shows none of his characteristic visual style (which was well in place even in the Renault images he took in the 1930's). If you look at the image file, it says (in French) that the house on the angle of the street was the subject of a well-known photo by Doisneau (there are some by him identified as being by this canal - though utterly different in every way from this): it does NOT say that Doisneau was the author of the postcard image, which to my eye looks rather older than 1939, in any case.

I note also that the French Wikipedia article on Doisneau does not use this image. ... Added by NatGoodden on 1 November 2010


 * You're absolutely right (as I'd have noticed myself if I'd been aware of the presence of the postcard). Thank you for mentioning this. I've removed the illustration. -- Hoary (talk) 21:43, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi! My query is: "Le Royaume secret du milieu. (The secret of the middle kingdom) – Text by Robert Giraud. Paris: Éditions Planète, 1969." does not actually translate as such. Rather it should have been: "The Secret Kingdom of the Medium - Milieu" 141.196.177.24 (talk) 09:01, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Photography in the 1930s: The Grammar
Since this article is locked, I am unable to edit the section. However, there needs to be some commas in order to separate parts of sentences. The commas needed to be added are marked in bold.

Doisneau's father, a plumber, died on active service in World War I when Robert was about four. His mother died when he was seven, so he was then raised by an unloving aunt.[1][3] At thirteen, he enrolled at the École Estienne,[4] a craft school where he graduated in 1929 with diplomas in engraving and lithography. Here he had his first contact with the arts, taking classes in Figure drawing and Still life. When he was 16, he took up amateur photography but was reportedly so shy that he started by photographing cobble-stones before progressing to children and then adults.[3] At the end of the 1920s, Doisneau found work as a draughtsman (lettering artist) in the advertising industry at Atelier Ullmann (Ullmann Studio), a creative graphics studio that specialised in the pharmaceutical industry. Here he took an opportunity to change career by also acting as camera assistant in the studio and then becoming a staff photographer.[3][5][6] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.242.163.228 (talk) 10:14, 14 April 2012‎ (UTC)

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"His work treats their game with seriousness and respect"
Why this redundant and pointless sentence? Doesn't stinks of 'political correctness' and other lame, irritating stuff like that, quite offensive against the Artist, suggesting he need a NOT NECESSARY defence? I warmly suggest deleting it at all! GianMarco Tavazzani (talk) 07:46, 29 May 2021 (UTC)