Jacques Henri Lartigue (June 13, 1894 – September 12, 1986)
“In 1962 Jacques Henri Lartigue, was travelling across America by Greyhound bus with his wife, Florette. With him he carried two albums of photographs that Florette had been repairing, to while-away the journey. In a chance encounter with a photographic agent at the end of the trip, these family snaps he’d taken as a child were uncovered. For Lartigue, this changed everything. Within a year he had his first solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.”
Publicity for Lartigue’s photographs was boosted by a chance event: “The asassaination of J.F.K was so shocking that the world’s leading photo magazine, Life, shelved most of its November stories to cover the tragedy. But they kept a story on the newly dicovered French photographer, Jaques Henri Lartigue.”
‘The world got to know about Jaques Henri Lartigue, and I think it was probably one of the biggest selling copies of Life ever.’
“Lartigue was soon rubbing shoulders with some of the greatest names in photography. Fashion photographers like Hiro, Avedon and Bailey were inspired by the freshness, innocence and movement in his work.”
“At the age of 70, when most people have already retired, Lartigue began work as a professional photographer for fashion magazines like Harpers Bazaar and Vogue.”
J.H. Lartigue: The Boy Who Never Grew Up: documentary in four parts on YouTube:
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