Zissou Caught in the Blast of Amerigo's Propeller, Buc, November
Jacques-Henri Lartigue French
Not on view
Lartigue's photograph of his brother suggests the teenage artist's delight in novel experiences and also the fascination of his family--and of the age--with speed and flight. Using a small hand-held camera, Lartigue managed to capture the peculiar look of high-velocity events recorded in a fraction of a second. His achievement was not so much technical as imaginative, involving no complex chemistry or procedures, only the canny application of a fast new tool to the modern whimsies of a privileged family during the Belle Epoque.
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