From the miners of Lens in 1945 to the prostitutes in the 1950s, from the abandoned prisoners of the Nanterre prison-hospice in the 1950s to the steelworkers of the Fensch Valley in the 1970s, Robert Doisneau has always strived to portray the isolation and dignity of those to whom life has not been kind.
Subjects most often commissioned by a left-wing press—Regards, Action, and La vie Ouvrière—to which he gave priority over everything.
These images constitute an essential and little-known part of his work as a photographer.
Atelier Robert Doisneau
46 place Jules Ferry
92120 Montrouge
https://www.robert-doisneau.com/en/
