Willy Ronis, photographer...
Oct 8, 2010 16:01:31 GMT
Post by Jazz on Oct 8, 2010 16:01:31 GMT
Willy Ronis, 1910-2009, was a Paris born photographer. His most well known works are of post WWII Paris and Provence. In Paris, particularily of Belleville and Montmartre. His photo I love the most, ‘Le Nu Provencal', his wife in Provence,
….’ He decided to become a photographer in 1937, and joined Rapho, the French photo agency founded by Charles Rado in 1933, when it was reopened in 1946 by Raymond Grosset. Other Rapho photographers central to postwar photography in Paris included Doisneau, Boubat, Brandt, Izis, Ylla, Sabine Weiss, Brassai, and Lartigue. Considered one of the greatest photographers during the postwar era, Ronis's influence waned somewhat during the photo boom as the prevailing style became more iconoclastic and distanced.’….
….’The moniker “Emperor of the Banal” is not one with which photographer Willy Ronis would have taken offense. It was given to him by friends and colleagues, who also called him the “Poet of the Quotidian.” During a career covering more than seven decades, this Parisian born artist (1910) captured the small incidents in the lives, work, and loves of the often-anonymous working people of Paris. He sometimes photographed the highborn, the politicians, and the artists, but he is best remembered for, and loved by, the citizens of the “City of Light,” whose rituals of daily lived life are his enduring testament.
Paris has embraced a long line of twentieth century photographers who have captured its poetry, surrealist mystery, lower depths, and high fashion. Brassaï, Kertèsz and Man Ray are some of the foreigners who have used Paris as the template for their artistic vision. Édouard Boubat and Robert Doisneau are Parisian artists who have prowled its streets, parks and cafes creating iconic images of workers, children, families, and lovers that are known throughout the world. Willy Ronis’ name may not elicit an immediate snap of recognition to many, but a slideshow of his images will bring you up short with a sense of déjà vu. It will leave with you a lingering memory of a Paris that once was and always will be’…
The full article, www.ascmag.com/blog/2010/08/23/willy-ronis-%E2%80%9Cemperor-of-the-banal%E2%80%9D/
….’ He decided to become a photographer in 1937, and joined Rapho, the French photo agency founded by Charles Rado in 1933, when it was reopened in 1946 by Raymond Grosset. Other Rapho photographers central to postwar photography in Paris included Doisneau, Boubat, Brandt, Izis, Ylla, Sabine Weiss, Brassai, and Lartigue. Considered one of the greatest photographers during the postwar era, Ronis's influence waned somewhat during the photo boom as the prevailing style became more iconoclastic and distanced.’….
….’The moniker “Emperor of the Banal” is not one with which photographer Willy Ronis would have taken offense. It was given to him by friends and colleagues, who also called him the “Poet of the Quotidian.” During a career covering more than seven decades, this Parisian born artist (1910) captured the small incidents in the lives, work, and loves of the often-anonymous working people of Paris. He sometimes photographed the highborn, the politicians, and the artists, but he is best remembered for, and loved by, the citizens of the “City of Light,” whose rituals of daily lived life are his enduring testament.
Paris has embraced a long line of twentieth century photographers who have captured its poetry, surrealist mystery, lower depths, and high fashion. Brassaï, Kertèsz and Man Ray are some of the foreigners who have used Paris as the template for their artistic vision. Édouard Boubat and Robert Doisneau are Parisian artists who have prowled its streets, parks and cafes creating iconic images of workers, children, families, and lovers that are known throughout the world. Willy Ronis’ name may not elicit an immediate snap of recognition to many, but a slideshow of his images will bring you up short with a sense of déjà vu. It will leave with you a lingering memory of a Paris that once was and always will be’…
The full article, www.ascmag.com/blog/2010/08/23/willy-ronis-%E2%80%9Cemperor-of-the-banal%E2%80%9D/
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err... I missed your thread completely. At least we all love his work. 