Willy Ronis – Street Photographer

Willy Ronis was a French photographer, the best-known of whose work shows life in post-war Paris and Provence. Ronis was born in Paris; his father was a Jewish refugee from Odessa, and his mother was a refugee from Lithuania, both escaped from the pogroms. His father opened a photography studio in Montmartre, and his mother gave piano lessons. After his father's death, in 1936, Ronis closed the studio and joined the photo agency Rapho, with Brassaï, Robert Doisneau and Ergy Landau. Ronis became the first French photographer to work for Life. The images created by Willis Ronis captured the simple pleasures of everyday life. Not one to focus on suffering, Ronis' photographs are often light-hearted, humor-filled, and full of compassion, embodiying the French term: joie de vivre.

Photos: Willy Ronis
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