Although Lartigue is celebrated for his black-and-white work, a recent exhibition also revealed his mastery of color, surprisingly sensitive and fresh, and enriched our understanding of his work. First presented at the Maison européenne de la photography, Paris, then at Foam Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam, Lartigue, Life in Color will be in display from October 28, 2017, […]
To capture reality, Lartigue had two techniques at his disposal: stereoscopy, which recreates the illusion of depth using a camera with two separate lenses; and later, for color, Autochrome plates, on the market as of 1907. In 1902, Lartigue’s father, a keen amateur photographer, lent his eight-year-old son a Gaumont Stereo-Spido camera that used 6 […]
Lartigue’s work finally travels to Brazil in an exhibit that focuses on two of the artist’s favourite themes : air and water. Lartigue’s zest for life is evident and alternately expressed by both calm and contemplation, and the giddiness that comes from speed and flight, capers and dives: “bubbling life” as he used to say. […]
Following exhibitions in Arles and London, the Multimedia Art Museum (MAMM) in Moscow hosts the exhibition ‘Bibi” in the framework of the 2014 photo biennial. The MAMM arts musuem, created in 1996, is an ambitious project housing The Moscow House of Photography and its rich collection of Russian photography, as well as the Rodchenko Art School. […]
The exhibition 1917 addresses the theme of artistic creation in wartime, on the scale of a single “impossible year “¹ when the world floundered in endless, devastating conflict. This vast, multidisciplinary exhibition multidisciplinary exhibition provides an overview of every field of creativity during this year of World War I. It asks what the precise context of […]
“The floating world of Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986)” is the first major retrospective exhibition of the photographer’s work presented in Spain. The exhibition contains more than 230 documents, vintage and modern prints, stereoscopic views, autochromes, albums and diaries, cameras (which are rarely put on display)… that allow visitors to grasp the poetry and meaning of […]
From June 12th to November 20th, 2011, at the Collection Lambert en Avignon The first part of the exhibition, Le temps retrouvé: Cy Twombly photographs and invited artists contains photos taken by Twombly over more than 60 years and put on display for the first time in France. In the second section of the exhibition, […]
