Jacques Henri Lartigue

Jacques Henri Lartigue (June 13, 1894 - September 12, 1986) was a French photographer and painter, whose photos seem especially before their time. Non-composed compared to the rigidity of other photographs of his era, his photos had a great sense of movement and spontaneity. Lartique started taking photographs when he was 6 and his photographs seem to have soaked in his childlike experience of his surroundings. There certainly seems a degree of glee and romance within his photos, but all the subjects remain dignified with a retained elegance. Over composed / planned photos just seem ridiculous in comparison to these, the monotone palette outwarms full colour completely!