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PHOTOGRAPHY MONOGRAPHS
Jacques-Henri Lartigue: The Proof of Color
Published by Atelier EXB.
Edited with text by Marion Perceval, Kevin Moore.
An indisputably important figure in photography, Jacques-Henri Lartigue was fascinated by new inventions such as the automobile and telecommunications, and concurrently the new possibilities that the photographic medium offered. In 1912 he began taking photographs in a radically different way by using a surprising anachronistic technique: stereoscopic autochrome on glass plates. This process relied on meticulous technical preparation and a long, precise exposure time for his staged compositions. The end result is not a print but a double stereoscopic view that he projected onto a screen. Lartigue filled each frame with bright colors through a mix of sunny landscapes, dazzling flowers and playful scenes of his well-to-do family and friends at leisure.
During the short time he produced these imagesfrom 1912 to 1927Lartigue made an important series of double-view autochromes, from which the 90 remaining pieces are presented here for the first time in their entirety and at full scale. In order to understand the effect this series has had in the history of color photography, the images in The Proof of Color are accompanied by a c
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Jacques Henri Lartigue
French photographer (1894–1986)
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| Born | (1894-06-13)13 June 1894 Courbevoie, Paris, France |
| Died | 12 September 1986(1986-09-12) (aged 92) Nice, France |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, painter |
Jacques Henri Lartigue (French:[laʁtig]; 13 June 1894 – 12 September 1986) was a French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and female Parisian fashion models.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born in Courbevoie in western Paris to a wealthy family, Lartigue started taking photographs when he was seven.[2] He photographed his friends and family at play – running and jumping; racing home-built race cars; making kites, gliders as well as aeroplanes; and climbing the Eiffel Tower. He was one of the first artists to use the Kodak Brownie camera for snapshots.[3] He also photographed sport events, such as the Coupe Gordon Bennett and the French Grand Prix, early flights of aviation pioneers such as Gabriel Voisin, Louis Blériot, Hubert Latham, Louis Paulhan and Roland Garros. He also captured in his camera, tennis players such as Suzanne Lenglen at the French Open tennis championships. Many of his initial, famous pho