Le baiser de l'hotel de ville ( The Kiss 1950 )
photograph by Robert Doisneau
I don't photograph life as it is,
but life as I would like it to be. - Robert Doisneau
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A sweet kiss
Led to a memorable life capturing
What others did not see
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Thanks once again to Tess Kincaid
for our beloved Magpie Tales
I wasn't even born yet. What a lovely photograph.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day my friend. ♥♥♥
I love the quote and the idea of capturing what others do not see.
ReplyDeleteI've loved this famous photograph for as long as I've been aware of it.
ReplyDeleteYes very nice, a haiku, sweet kiss!
ReplyDeletememorable...I agree!
ReplyDeleteSo romantic!
ReplyDeleteIt's true, we never think how treasured will be the photo in future. Thanks for bit of history.
ReplyDeletenice verse and thank you for coming over to my place
ReplyDeleteA couple in love is such a sweet thing in the 50's or otherwise it is still the same!
ReplyDeleteHank
The things our lenses see while we aim them at what we want to see...
ReplyDeleteIndeed .. This is moment captured.. What others didn't see.
ReplyDeleteGreat xhoice of words, " capturing "
ReplyDeleteA slice of life...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo and it wasn't VDay.
ReplyDeleteThis speaks to the sweetness found in the small moments.
ReplyDeleteSo...what Doisneau dreamed life to be...is what we don't see.
ReplyDeleteExcellent!
~p
"What others did not see."
ReplyDeleteOthers rarely get to see it all. :)
Have the kind of Christmas that should be!
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