The only book of the first pictures of Jacques-Henri Lartigue, taken when he was a child and adolescent.
Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) was barely 8 years old when his father offered him his first camera. Quickly, the child began to photograph his exuberant and joyful family life, the beautiful world of Paris, the beginnings of aviation or even hectic car racing. His first shots already testify to his sense of framing, his attraction to movement and speed. Lartigue meticulously documented his life, his photos in written chronicles that he continued for seventy years. This work, bringing together his first photographs, extracts from diaries and albums, paints a portrait of a fin de siècle witness who became one of the most famous photographers of the 20th century.
Louise Baring is the author of several books on photography, including Martine Franck (2007), Norman Parkinson: A Very British Glamor (2009), Emmy Andriesse Hidden Lens (2013) and Dora Maar: Paris in the Time of Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Picasso (2017).
English Edition:
Lartigue: The Boy and the Belle Époque by Louise Baring is published by Thames & Hudson, 9 April 2020, £28.00 hardback.
https://thamesandhudson.com/lartigue-the-boy-and-the-belle-poque-9780500021309
French Edition:
Lartigue, l’enfance d’un photographe
Louise Baring
192 pages
Publisher : La Martinière (2 avril 2020)
ISBN-10 : 2732492809
ISBN-13 : 978-2732492803
20 x 2,5 x 24,8 cm
http://www.editionsdelamartiniere.fr/
