Bettina Graziani being photographed by Frances McLaughlin for Vogue, 1950 (Photo: Gordon Parks)
Un Regard Oblique, a 1948 photo taken by Robert Doisneau for his LIFE magazine assignment, was executed with Doisneau’s usual flair for humor. A couple looks at the window and the man is enthralled by the portrait of a naked woman (very vulgar picture by the standards of the time) while his wife talks to him about a photo which is presumably more modest. Although it was hailed as a decisive moment, the truth was that Doisneau carefully set his camera at the correct angle to the reclining nude and took a series of furtive photos of male admirers to the nude painting in the art shop window.
