Jacques Henri Lartigue was a French photographer and painter born in 1894 and died in 1986. He started photography at the young age of 7 and his passion kept growing till the end. Lartigue was best known for taking pictures at automobile races, sporting events, and of fashionable women. His work was shown in several magazines and in 1974 he won the award at the Musee des Arts Decpratifs. A fun fact is that two of Lartigue's works were referenced in Wes Anderson's films: Rushmore and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
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If you go to youtube and type in Jacques' name there are a bunch of videos of his photographs as well as him at a photography shoot.
Bob Martin is a sports photrapher with some really amazing almost unreal shots.
Nice job - I really love Lartique's work.
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