1975 Lartigue 8x80; Muse ́e des Arts De ́coratifs de Paris,
Paris, France
1980 Bonjour Monsieur Lartigue; Galeries Nationales of the
Grand Palais, Paris, France, and traveling
1981 Vingt anne ́es de de ́couverte a`travers l’oeuvre de Jacques
Henri Lartigue; Grand Palais des Champs-Elyse ́es, Paris,
France
1982 Bonjour Monsieur Lartigue; International Center of
Photography, New York, New York, and traveled to
14 locations across the United States
1984 Le passe ́compose;Muse ́eRe ́atu, Arles, Grand Palais de
Champs-Elyse ́es, Paris, France, and traveling world-wide
1990 Volare; Galerie Eralov, Rome, Italy
1994 Lartigue Centenary; The Photographers’ Gallery, Lon-
don, England
Lartigue a cent ans; Rencontres Internationales de la
Photographie, Arles, France
1995 Re ́trospective d’un amateur de genie; Bunkamura
Museum of Art—Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Jacques Henri Lartigue, L’Album d’une vie; Centre
Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Group Exhibitions
1955 ‘‘Gens d’Images’’ exhibition; Galerie d’Orsay, Paris, France
1956 Galerie d’Orsay; Paris, France
1971 Re ́cents enrichissements des collections photogrpahiques
du Cabinet des Estampes; Bibliothe`que nationale de
France, Paris, France
1973 Friends of Photography; Carmel, California
1975 The Land: 20thCentury landscape, photographs selected by
Bill Brandt; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Selected Works
My First Photograph, 1902
My Nanny Dudu, Paris, 1904
My Cat Zizi, Paris, 1904
In My Bedroom, Collection of My Racecars, Paris, 40 rue
Cortambert, 1905
My Cousin Bichonnade, Paris, 1905
Zissou Dressed as a Ghost, Villa ‘‘Les Marronniers,’’ Chaˆ-
telguyon, July 1905
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1911
Mathieu in a Farman, Issy-les-Moulineaux, January 1911
Audemars in a Ble ́riot Aeroplane, Vichy, September 1912
Delage Automobile, A.C.F. Grand Prix, Dieppe Circuit, June
26, 1912
Honeymoon at the Hoˆtel des Alpes, Bibi and Me in the
Mirror’s Reflection, Chamonix, January 1920
Bibi, Marseille, October 1928
Rene ́e, Paris, 1931
Hand of Picasso, 1955
Hand of Jean Cocteau, 1955
Official Photograph of President Vale ́ry Giscard d’Estaing,
1974Further Reading
Borhan, Pierre, and Martine D’astier.Les Envols de Jacques
Lartigue et les de ́buts de l’aviation. Paris: Association des
Amis de Jacques Henri Lartigue, 1989.
Centre Pompidou.Jacques Henri Lartigue, L’Album d’une
vie/A Life’s Diary. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2003.
Lartigue, Jacques Henri.Diary of a Century. Edited by
Richard Avedon. New York: Viking Press, 1970.
———.Jacques Henri Lartigue, Photographer. London:
Thames and Hudson, 1998.
———.Lartigue: Album of a Century. Edited by Martine
D’Astier, Quentin Bajac, and Alain Sayag, translated by
David Wharry. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2003.
———.Me ́moires sans Me ́moire. Paris: Editions Robert
Laffonte, 1975.
———.L’Oeil de la me ́moire: 1932–1985, Paris: Carre`re,
1985.PHOTOGRAPHY IN LATIN AMERICA:
AN OVERVIEW
The history of photography in Latin America is rich
and diverse. The work of Latin American photo-
graphers often reflects the key historical, social,
political, and aesthetic forces at work in the region.
A variety of people and groups brought the photo-
graphic medium to Latin America in the nineteenth
century: foreign invaders, such as the French forces
seeking to place Maximillian on the throne in Mex-
ico; amateur artists looking for inspiration, such as
Adela Breton; settlers searching for a way to earn a
living, such as the German Guillermo Kahlo, the
father of the renowned artist Frida Kahlo; and
numerous foreign companies seeking profits and
needing to illustrate their operations to investors.
During the nineteenth century, Latin American
photography more closely followed artistic and
journalistic trends from outside the region. Eur-
opean institutions, audiences, and aesthetics played
significant roles in this early Latin American pho-
tography. However, by the early twentieth century,LATIN AMERICA: AN OVERVIEW, PHOTOGRAPHY IN