Robert Doisneau’s 1950 photograph *The Kiss at City Hall,* included in an exhibition at Paris’s Maillol Museum.

Robert Doisneau’s Paris

Hundreds of the French photographer’s pictures of everyone from miners to countesses to artists—including Picasso—go on display

By David Chazan

The image of a young couple kissing passionately in a Paris street, oblivious to people walking past, is the most famous of Robert Doisneau’s photographs.

Celebrated for his memorable scenes of everyday Parisian life, Doisneau also portrayed miners in northern France, countesses and artists including Picasso.