Jaques-Henri Lartrigue

Jacques Henri Lartigue is a french photographer who admires and likes to photograph automobile races, planes and fashionable Parisian women. His interests to begin with were painting but as he grew up was photography. Lartrigue always liked movement as when he was younger he would photograph his family moving, jumping but also would build planes, kites etc.



This photo was taken in film so I could trial out film or try with a SLR modern camera. The shutter on this if I was to take this would be one second or less than this to capture the movement without the blur and also on a tripod. I think the black and white look is very captivating as it works really well with the natural lighting used.

I like the way they have been positioned in the middle as it makes them the centre of attention/the main focus. I usually look at photos by using the rule of thirds but I think this is a different approach to my work which I would like to focus on.


I really like this image, it's a different image to Lartigues others and gives off a 1950s look, sex symbol, dark mysterious quite like the film Noir. This picture it's self doesnt fully look at movement but I like the lighting in this coming from the right and the shadows. The mood and story behind this picture is flirty, a sign of love shown from her black nails, elegant hair, lace clothing. It could also have a hidden meaning as in a secret bad relationship from the plain sheets, looks quite lonely and she is looking for attention.

The black and white/sepia look gives it a old fashioned effect. I could take this shoot and look at using black and white trial out lighting coming from one side. The movement of her hair, clothing, arms anything to create a dynamic image.