“I have never taken a picture for any other reason than that at that moment it made me happy to do so.” - Lartigue
The second-floor of the Michael Hoppen gallery is currently home to perhaps the most comprehensive display of Jacques Henri Lartigue’s legacy since the discovery of his work in the form of a retrospective, in New York’s MoMA, 1963.
The exhibition space comprises two main walls which display his most inspiring photographs alongside some lesser known but equally enchanting scenes; in particular, a couple of irreproducible prints of images that were taken by Lartigue at the age of just 7!
A total of 46 prints, spanning from 1905 to 1971, indisputably demonstrate Lartigue’s irresistible allure through his ability to create seductively simple snapshots, painting the culture he was surrounded by in an ethereal monochrome.