The exaltation of life and happiness through photography
Sep 7th, 2010 by apartmentblogger
“Floating World” is the title of an exhibition at the Caixa Forum which presents work by photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue until October 3. More than 230 works show the different stages and subjects that this referential twentieth century photographer developed throughout his life.
Jacques Henri Lartigue was born in Courbevoie, near Paris in 1894 and lived almost a century. He began his visual quest at age 8 when his father, a wealthy industrialist, bought him his first camera.
From that moment on, Lartigue kept a diary photographs and brief texts. His diary became an extraordinary document that shows us how a generation lived and changed and tracked the development of fashion, sports, leisure and lifestyle.
The images collected by this master photographer reflect the rapid transformation of customs and the appearance of new social modes, and at the same time, search for the enduring, timeless moment of daily life found in the small details of an entire era. Lartigue captured the life around him, exalting happiness and the joy of life thanks to the revelation offered by photographic language.
Until the mid-’60s, this extraordinary photographer was a total unknown. But after an exhibition at the MOMA, the strength of his images quickly made him one of the most important photographic artists of the last century.
If you’re enjoying the sun and beach while renting apartments in Barcelona do not forget to stop by the CaixaForum from Monday through Sunday for free entry to this exhibit, whose motivating and subtle images will make travel through time.
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