French photographer Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) made photographs on the streets of Paris in the 1930s. He was a champion of humanist photography and with Henri Cartier-Bresson, a pioneer of photojournalism.
Doisneau is renowned for his 1950 image Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Town Hall), a photograph of a couple kissing on a busy Parisian street.
But it's not his only picture of kissing, check out these sweet photos to see more of his work.
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| The liberation of Paris, August 1944 |
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| Lovers, Paris, 1945 |
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| Baiser Passage Versailles, 1950 |
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| Bois de Boulogne, Paris, circa 1950 |
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| Bouquet of jonquils, 1950 |
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| Couple kissing in the night, Paris 1950 |
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| Il bacio dell'Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1950 |
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| Kissing couple and guard, Paris, 1950 |
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| Le baiser blotto, Paris, 1950 |
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| Lovers on the Pont Neuf, Paris, 1950 |
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| Opera kiss, Paris, 1950 |
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| Paris lovers with jonquils, circa 1950 |
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| Parisian woman kissing a French soldier of the navy on the parade of the allied troops, 1950 |
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| The kiss of the opera, Paris, 1950 |
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| Bride and groom kissing, 1952 |
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| Quay of Jemmapes, Paris, 1970 |
