Francoise Bornet: Woman in Robert Doisneau’s Paris kiss photo dies aged 93

Francoise Bornet: Woman in Robert Doisneau’s Paris kiss photo dies aged 93

Francoise Bornet was part of a young couple who were seen embracing on the street in 1950.

Lover in Robert Doisneau’s famous Parisian kiss photo dies aged 93

Françoise Delbart (born Bornet), one half of the kissing couple in Robert Doisneau’s iconic photograph, "Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville", has died.

Young lover in Robert Doisneau’s Paris kiss photograph dies aged 93

Françoise Bornet’s embrace with then boyfriend in 1950 became one of the most famous images of the cityIt was one of the most famous kisses of the 20th century – a postwar clinch that became a 1980s poster phenomenon, bringing fame and court battles.Françoise Bornet, the young lover immortalised in the French photographer Robert Doisneau’s The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville, has died aged 93. Continue reading...

The 93-year-old woman was portrayed in 1950 with her partner in one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century, which Doisneau took for the magazine 'Life'.

Françoise Bornet e o namorado, Jacques Carteaud, foram imortalizados pelo fotógrafo em 'O beijo no Hôtel de Ville', clicada em 1950 e reproduzida em série desde os anos 1980 Françoise Bornet, a mulher que protagonizou um dos beijos mais célebres da História da fotografia, morreu aos 93 anos. Embora seu nome seja praticamente desconhecido, sua figura imortalizada pelo fotógrafo Robert Doisneau é uma das imagens mais reproduzidas do amor em Paris.…