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Art: Of sailing ships, the sea and its creatures Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Nov 30, 2008 Consider, for instance, a photo made by Jacques-Henri Lartigue of "the famous Rowe Twins of the Casino de Paris." They were famous in 1929, perhaps, ...

Projection of top pieces launches Angkor photo fest Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia - Nov 24, 2008 He has curated numerous international exhibitions, published monograph studies of Jacques Henri Lartigue, William Klein and Raymond Depardon, contributed to ...

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Reading Boyishly: Roland Barthes, J. M. Barrie, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Marcel Proust, and D. W. Winnicott

by: Carol Mavor
An intricate text filled to the brim with connotations of desire, home, and childhood—nests, food, beds, birds, fairies, bits of string, ribbon, goodnight kisses, appetites sated and denied—Reading Boyishly is a story of mothers and sons, loss and longing, writing and photography. In this homage to four boyish men and one boy—J. M. Barrie, Roland Barthes, Marcel Proust, D. W. Winnicott, and the young photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue—Carol Mavor embraces what some have anxiously labeled an over-attachment to the mother.

Jacques Henri Lartigue: The Invention of an Artist

by: Kevin Moore
As a young boy, Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) set about passionately recording his life in photographs, first documenting his domestic circle and later capturing the auto races, air shows, and fashionable watering holes of the Belle Époque. His images have so bewitched modern viewers that even scholars have failed to see them clearly.

In Jacques Henri Lartigue: The Invention of an Artist, Kevin Moore puts to rest the long-held myth of Lartigue as a naïve boy genius whose creations were based on instinct alone.

Jacques Henri Lartigue, Photographer

by: Vicki Goldberg
This photographer mastered photography at such a young age, it made his photographs amazingly unique and absolutely beautiful. a priceless book.

Boy with a Camera: Story of Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Jacques-Henri Lartigue was given his first camera in 1902 for his seventh birthday, and he went on to take hundreds of pictures during his childhood. Lartigue had a gift of knowing when to click the shutter of his camera to capture people and things in motion - a ball suspended in the air, an uncle diving into the water, and the first flight of a glider in France. These photographs are presented in this book and reveal Lartigue's exploration of the world around him. It sets out to offer young readers an entertaining approach to understanding and appreciating photography.

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