In 1786, two Chamonix natives, Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard, were among the first to climb Mont-Blanc in France. In those days, basic outdoor gear wasn’t particularly well-suited to mountain climbing, so resourceful day-trippers often designed their own clothing. From such pioneers such to 20th-century winter-sports enthusiasts, mountain apparel has continued to evolve. In the […]
In 2006, the French Tennis Foundation and the Donation Lartigue organized an exhibit of Lartigue’s sports photographs entitled “L’art du fugitive – tennis et mouvement 1905 -1929.” Eight years later, as part of commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the First World War, the FFT presents “Lignes de Front – le tennis en 14-18,” an exhibition paying […]
The Trévarez estate was built at the end of the nineteenth century by James de Kejégu, a rich heir of Breton nobility. This fascinating Neogothic-style château is surrounded by sumptuous botanical gardens in which numerous events take place all year. Paths meander through hundred-year old rhododendrons and camelias for visitors to behold. After last […]
This photo festival has been held for the past 10 years. For this edition, Robert Delpire chose one of his personal favorites: « …When it comes to Jacques Henri Lartigue, yes, it was love at first sight. That’s exactly what it was. Love at first sight for a photographer of happiness. For Jacques, who […]
From childhood on, Lartigue was an aviation enthusiast. Inspired by the staggering progress in the field in the early 20th century, Gabriel Voisin managed to fly for 25 meters in 1904 in Merlimont. Jacques and his brother Zissou witnessed this feat, and both went on to have similar experiences, each in his own way. […]
“Ever since I was small, I have had a sort of illness: all the things that amaze me eventually fade from memory,” stated Jacques-Henri Lartigue (Courbevoie, 1894–Nice, 1986) in his diary in 1965. Passionate about life yet troubled by the temporality of things and the fragility of memory, Lartigue spent 80 years recording thousands of fleeting moments […]
Le Palais Lumière in Evian presents an exhibition about artistic expressions of love, how it appears and how it evolves. Romain Gary once said : “Love is like going on an adventure without a map or a compass, only caution will get you lost.” True to these words, the exhibition presents a bold selection of […]
The exhibition 1917 addresses the theme of artistic creation in wartime, on the scale of a single “impossible year “¹ when the world floundered in endless, devastating conflict. This vast, multidisciplinary exhibition multidisciplinary exhibition provides an overview of every field of creativity during this year of World War I. It asks what the precise context of […]
Jacques Henri Lartigue’s love of the sea and coastline is obvious when browsing through the 130 photographic albums he made throughout his lifetime. As a child, he spent time on the beaches of Biarritz, Trouville and the French Riviera, and was inspired by the intense encounter of earth, sky and sea. He thus spent a […]
From June 12th to November 20th, 2011, at the Collection Lambert en Avignon The first part of the exhibition, Le temps retrouvé: Cy Twombly photographs and invited artists contains photos taken by Twombly over more than 60 years and put on display for the first time in France. In the second section of the exhibition, […]
