Appreciation of Jacques Henri Lartigue

[cliveh]

 

[Dali]

Sorry but I am allergic to Lartigue photography, I don't know why exactly...

 

[Theo Sulphate]

I love his photos:

http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Jacques-Henri-Lartigue.html

Apparently most of them were made in his youth (age 8?) and following years, only to be discovered 50 years later.

I heard that he used a Graflex SLR and glass plates.

 

[JPJackson]

Have enjoyed his work since the 1970s!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Lovely slices of life!

 

[removed account4]

i've really enjoyed his work ..
his "society picnic/lifestyle" photography reminds me
of Un dimanche après-midi à l’Ile de la Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat.
and his images of kites / airplane remind me of the images taken
from kills hill / kittyhawk north carolina when wright brothers were flying ..
his work all has optimism

 

[Theo Sulphate]

i've really enjoyed his work ..
his "society picnic/lifestyle" photography reminds me
of Un dimanche après-midi à l’Ile de la Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat.
...

Yes, I agree! To me they portray an idyllic view of the world.

 

[darkosaric]

Great artist he was !
Sorry for going technical - what is the name of this photo effect that makes car tires look like an egg?

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

I like Monsieur Lartigue. He was a man with class.

 

[macfred]

I really love his photograph of Nastassja Kinski on the set of the movie Tess.

http://www.artnet.fr/artistes/jacqu...set-of-the-movie-tess-EosVG2kpJBzFfn0r5aTdJw2

 

[cliveh]

Great artist he was !
Sorry for going technical - what is the name of this photo effect that makes car tires look like an egg?

It is caused by focal plane distortion of the image. A slit in the blind transverses the film while the car is in motion, thus different positions of the wheel are recorded at different points in time.

 

[macfred]

Great artist he was !
Sorry for going technical - what is the name of this photo effect that makes car tires look like an egg?

It's called the Rolling Shutter effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_shutter

 

[macfred]

From German Wikipedia :

Das an einer Kamera mit Schlitzverschluss vorbeifahrende Auto wird diagonal verzerrt dargestellt. Die Räder erscheinen oval statt rund. Die unbewegten Bildelemente im Hintergrund bleiben dagegen unverzerrt...

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolli...1209-503,_Autorennen_im_Grunewald,_Berlin.jpg


Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1991-1209-503, Autorennen im Grunewald, Berlin [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)], by This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive., from Wikimedia Commons

 

[Trask]

I believe that effect is caused by a focal plane shutter that travels vertically rather than horizontally.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Not only is the effect apparent with the car's movement and use of the focal plane shutter, but he also panned the camera, which is why the poles are also at an angle.

 

[darkosaric]

Thanks .

 

[cliveh]

I believe that effect is caused by a focal plane shutter that travels vertically rather than horizontally.

That is correct and the speed of the slit in the blind will determine the amount of distortion in relation to the speed/angle of the car. On the original post Lartigue was also panning the camera at the same time. Hence the sloping people.

 

[cowanw]

Not only is the effect apparent with the car's movement and use of the focal plane shutter, but he also panned the camera, which is why the poles are also at an angle.

Good eye!