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Jacques Henri Lartigue
1894-1986

Jacques Henri Lartigue can very easily be regarded as a genius with a camera. A more appropriate title would actually be "boy genius". Henri Lartigue was merely a small child when he picked up a camera and began his career as a photographer. Lartigue's body of work is as impressive. What makes this "boy genius" so special then? Well besides making photographs at such a tender age, starting roughly when he was several years old. Lartigue captured paradoxal moments with his camera. The three images that accompany this post are great examples of this.

When I first learned about Lartigue, I was completely blown away with how he managed to make photographs that captured the brilliance of of motion. Lartigue literally froze time with his camera. The photograph above shows the motion of the car traveling. However you can only see the motion in the background. Lartigue froze the car in a perfect composition that shows the speed of which it was traveling.



The power of the internet can be a very funny resource when it comes to finding out information. A few searches to pull up some factual evidence to support my knowledge of Lartigue pulled up a few things that did not make sense. One website that I found claimed Lartigue to have first started making photographs when he was 11. 11 still being a young age, was not the truth. I found a few other sites that put claim to some false information. However Lartigue's Wiki Page has all the right facts about him. When I was in college, I found a reproduction of the first photograph pictured above. I was shocked and amazed to see it sitting in the bottom of a box ready to be put to the trash. I was not very hesitant to take the photograph and put it into a collection of images that I have obtained over the years. Reproductions are worth money, especially one of this calliber. Lartigue's body of work is great representaion of a life time achievement by a Master of Photography.

Jacques Henri Lartigue's Time Line

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