Lartigue / Kertész

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Author: Lartigue, Jacques HenriBorn in the same year and dying within a year of one another, Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986) and André Kertész (1894–1985) led contrasting lives that produced different yet equally remarkable photographic portfolios. This title pays tribute to these two paragons by comparing their parallel careers through a selection of 185 photographs, in colour and black and white, highlighting the similarities and singularities of their approaches to the art of photography.Their work was shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1963 and 1964, respectively, but while Lartigue was dubbed an “amateur,” Kertész was hailed as “the inventor of photojournalism.” Both oeuvres are characterised by a unique, highly personal aesthetic – Lartigue candid, Kertész reflective – that set them apart from other modalities of image-making, and served as inspiration for later generations when they both reached acclaim in the 1970s.ISBN 9788836659135. Silvana Editoriale. hb. 144 pages. 27.9 x 22.9 cm.in stock Show more