Lartigue and platinum
Jacques Henri Lartigue was born in 1894 and thus, he most likely could have used platinum printing. However, no such prints were ever found, nor any reference to such a process in his numerous diary entries in which he described his early photographic endeavours. Michael Hoppen, whose gallery in London the J.H. Lartigue Donation [...]
Read MoreMuses, artists and their models
Women were a source of inspiration for Jacques Henri Lartigue very early on in his life… his mother, relatives or friends, wives and mistresses. Renée Perle is one such woman. She was a model and Lartigue’s mistress for two years. Lartigue’s 1930-1931 albums are almost exclusively filled with photographs of her – she never [...]
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