Need help with identifying this photo...

[Mick]

Hello all!
I know, this is not exactly right place for such questions, but i don't have an option :(

I saw this photo some time ago, and it hit's me. Today i saw it again, but no explanation about author and place it was taken...
I want this photo badly on print or just in high resolution :(

http://www.hostimage.biz/img/e397cd8878f60d22ed33ec7b98f8dcd3/tmayak1160492118i6590fullnt5.jpg (http://www.hostimage.biz/links/a-photo)

Can you please help me with this one?
Thank you :)

[Stephen]

Moved to General.

Details on the photograph here: http://www.essentialart.com/mh/Robert_Doisneau_Le_Baiser_de_Hotel_de_Ville_Paris_ 1950.jpg

24" x 17" poster for sale on ebay here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-LAMINATED-24x17INCHES-ROBERT-DOISNEAU-POSTER_
W0QQitemZ250047179495QQihZ015QQcategoryZ26265QQssP ageName
ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250047179495

Or there's a kinda high-res image here:
http://www.ackland.org/art/exhibitions/seasonsofparis/lebaiserdutrattoir.jpg

Steve. :)

[Graham]

As said above, the pic's name is Le Baiser (The Kiss) by Robert Doisneau

There has been a huge mystery or myth about this photograph... Who are those two young beautiful lovers ? How come the photographer has been able to shoot this special moment ? etc...
A lot of people said it was them on the pic, that they could recognized themselves...

But finally, the truth was found out... Robert Doisneau asked two actors (who were lovers at the time) to pose to take what would be one of his most famous pic :)

Forgot to say that it was taken in Paris, just in front of the Hotel de Ville (dunno the name for that place... But it's where the Mayor of a city/town works :smt042 )

[Guinness]

12 hours people...

The countdown commences!

[matthew]

12 hours til what?
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[very_special]

Till Guinness flies off to Paris for the weekend :wink:

Lucky sod :roll:

[Guinness]

Look at that picture... Weren't people back in the day so stylish compared to the "topshop/topman" clones of today???

[rusty66]

was it not the cover of a stereophonics record too?

and conor I am jealous beyond beliefs! we must discuss flights and the like upon your return!!

[thesneakybandit]

no no no no no... (as 2unlimited used to say!)

the stereophonics album cover was a similar theme but featured two fairly rough looking individuals in an equally rough looking station... :roll:

[rusty66]

blame my lack of 20/20 eyesight! pfft

[very_special]

no no no no no... (as 2unlimited used to say!)

"...There's no limit..", lol!!! Shudder, some painful memories of that song :roll: