This is a VERY interesting article. Don't know who Lartigue is? Well, read it and find out. And get somu culchaa.. eh?
The Lartigue Hoax? - A new book offers a controversial take on the famous photographer. By Jim�Lewis: "Jacques Henri Lartigue was granted a childhood of great privilege: On this, and it seems on this alone, everyone can agree. He was born in a Parisian suburb in 1894, his father was an enormously wealthy banker, and in keeping with the conventions of the belle �poque, Lartigue was expected to do nothing of consequence but live his life elegantly and honorably. Amusements, sports, travel, fashion: These were the diversions suitable to his day and station, and Lartigue took to them enthusiastically, and in particular to the then-new hobby of 'instantaneous' photography�that is, pictures taken with cameras quick enough to freeze motion and stop time, to show, say, divers in midair. "
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