Maison de la Photographie Robert Doisneau

In April 1992, in his eighty years, Robert Doisneau gave its name to the future House of Photography in Gentilly, honoring his hometown.

In April 1996, the House was inaugurated with an exhibition manifesto "Is this how men live ..." which featured 80 photographers from 17 different countries and covered a period from 1905 to the present. The House of Photography Robert Doisneau has been dedicated to a humanistic photography inspired by revisiting the concept and extending it beyond the borders and eras. Thus, for over ten years, she has produced numerous original exhibitions of photographers around the world on very varied themes.

Since 2001, the House of Photography Robert Doisneau also initiated the project "Photography in the school "for children and adolescents whose work results annually to an outstanding exhibition.

Finally, the House of Photography Robert Doisneau helps with the creation by offering the Municipal Art Fund Gentilly Contemporary works of photographers exhibited within its walls.

Supported from the outset by the Department of Val-de-Marne, the House of Photography Robert Doisneau is, since January 2006, an Agglomeration Community of Val de Bièvre equipment which includes the cities of Arcueil, Cachan, Fresnes, Gentilly, of L'Hay-les-Roses, the Kremlin-and Villejuif.