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Jacques-Henri Lartigue — Avenue des Acacias, Paris

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Avenue des Acacias, Paris

A candid street photograph capturing the elegant promenading culture of early twentieth-century Paris, where fashionably dressed figures stroll along the tree-lined Avenue des Acacias. Lartigue's keen eye freezes a fleeting moment in time, conveying both the vitality and refined social rituals of Parisian bourgeois life. The gelatin silver print renders the scene with rich tonal contrast, highlighting the artist's remarkable ability to transform everyday observation into enduring photographic poetry.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.

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The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation

October 3, 2017

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Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Avenue des Acacias, Paris

A candid street photograph capturing the elegant promenading culture of early twentieth-century Paris, where fashionably dressed figures stroll along the tree-lined Avenue des Acacias. Lartigue's keen eye freezes a fleeting moment in time, conveying both the vitality and refined social rituals of Parisian bourgeois life. The gelatin silver print renders the scene with rich tonal contrast, highlighting the artist's remarkable ability to transform everyday observation into enduring photographic poetry.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Parisian Life, Male Artist, Nostalgic Mood, Documentary Style, French Photographer, Early 20th Century, Gelatin Silver Print, Pioneering Photographer, Street Photography, Black and White, Candid Photography, Urban Scene

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