Collection

Lartigue in America

In 1962, Lartigue sailed to America for the first time; fascinated, he even hoped to settle there. Poor and free, Jacques and Florette chose a freighter that would take them to Los Angeles. From there, they planned to discover the California desert, but due to problems with space on the boat, they were forced to stop […]

Exhibitions in France

Lartigue, wide-eyed wonder

“Ever since I was small, I have had a sort of illness: all the things that amaze me eventually fade from memory,” stated Jacques-Henri Lartigue (Courbevoie, 1894–Nice, 1986) in his diary in 1965. Passionate about life yet troubled by the temporality of things and the fragility of memory, Lartigue spent 80 years recording thousands of fleeting moments […]