| Names: | Born: Jacques-Henri Charles Auguste Lartigue
Other: Jacques Lartigue
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| | Dates: | 1894, 13 June - 1986, 12 September | | Born: | France, Courbevoie (near Paris) | | Died: | France, Nice | | Active: | France | | Gender: | Male |
French photographer and painter. He provided an insightful collection of images of his family and their friends as they carried out their madcap activities. His early use and expertise with Autochrome, an early color process, was exceptional.Preparing biographies | | |
The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers. |
• Auer, Michele & Michel 1985 Encyclopedie Internationale Des Photographes de 1839 a Nos Jours / Photographers Encylopaedia International 1839 to the present (Hermance, Editions Camera Obscura) 2 volumes [A classic reference work for biographical information on photographers.]
• Beaton, Cecil & Buckland, Gail 1975 The Magic Eye: The Genius of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown & Company) p.116 [Useful short biographies with personal asides and one or more example images.]
• Capa, Cornell (ed.) 1984 The International Center of Photography: Encyclopedia of Photography (New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. - A Pound Press Book) p.294
• Evans, Martin Marix (Executive ed.) 1995 Contemporary Photographers [Third Edition] (St. James Press - An International Thomson Publishing Company) [Expensive reference work but highly informative.]
• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press) [Includes a short biography on Jacques-Henri Lartigue.]
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.179-180 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.]
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If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here. |
• Bauret, Gabriel (ed. and text) 2001 Color Photography (New York: Assouline) [Includes example color photographs by Jacques-Henri Lartigue]
• Gruber, Renate and L. Fritz Gruber 1982 The Imaginary Photo Museum (New York: Harmony Books) p.253
• Koetzle, Hans-Michael 2002 Photo Icons: The Story Behind the Pictures - Volume 1 (Koln: Taschen) [This book discusses one photograph "Grand Prix de l'A.C.F. (1912)" by Jacques-Henri Lartigue in considerable detail. An excellent source for a detailed analysis.]
• Newhall, Beaumont 1982 The History of Photography - Fifth Edition (London: Secker & Warburg) [One or more photographs by Jacques-Henri Lartigue are included in this classic history.]
• Szarkowski, John 1973 Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art (New York: The Museum of Modern Art) p.66 [Analyzes a single photograph by Jacques-Henri Lartigue.]
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| "I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first and foremost — that is important." | | "It‘s marvellous, marvellous! Nothing will ever be as much fun. I‘m going to photograph everything, everything!" | | "Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true." |
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