“Rivages”

Jacques Henri Lartigue’s love for the coast, or for the seashore, is obvious when browsing through the one hundred and thirty albums of photographs that he took throughout his lifetime. As a child, he spent time on the beaches of Biarritz, Trouville and the French Riviera and was awed by the subtle, yet intense encounter [...]
Read More“Bibi dans mon amilcar”

Mediterranean Sea, September 12th, 1927. «Having a motor car in this landscape is magical… the drive to Cannes along the narrow, deserted little road which follows the coastline via Golfe Juan is wonderful. A motionless sea falling asleep in the sunset with its eyes still open.» Diaries, Cap d’Antibes, May 1921.
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