Lartigue : : Life in Color
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"This book accompanies the exhibition organized at the Maison européenne de la Photographie in Paris from June 24 to August 23, 2015"--Title page verso.
Color in all its candor / Martine d'Astier -- The joys of colorful cuisine / Martine Ravache -- The autochromes -- The seasons -- The obsessions -- Other people's lives -- Travels -- Georges Herscher and Jacques Lartigue: a conversation.
Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) was the best-known "amateur" in the history of photography, famously discovered by the art world and given an exhibition at MoMA in New York when he was in his late sixties. He began by recording the pastimes and customs of his wealthy Parisian milieu, indulging his fascination with sports and aviation, and throughout his long life he was never without his camera. His friendships extended to the superstars of French culture, but he also made thousands of photographs of his family, wives and lovers. His work was irresistibly warm and engaging. Although known for his black-and-white work, Lartigue loved color film, experimenting with the Autochrome process in the teens and twenties and embracing Ektachrome in the late 1940s. His color work, reproduced here for the first time, is astonishingly fresh: the French countryside, the women in his life, famous friends (Picasso, Fellini) and glimpses from his travels all come alive in this delightful book.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Abrams, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: 167 pages : chiefly color illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781419720918
1419720910
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Ravache, Martine,
Maison européenne de la photographie (Paris, France),
SUBJECTS
Lartigue, Jacques-Henri, -- 1894-1986 -- Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions.
Portrait photography -- Exhibitions.
Color photography -- Exhibitions.