LARTIGUE / KERTÉSZ

Born in the same year and dying within a year of one another, Jacques Henri Lartigue (18941986) and André Kertész (18941985) led contrasting lives that produced different yet equally remarkable photographic portfolios. Their work was shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1963 and 1964, respectively, but while Lartigue was dubbed an "amateur," Kertész was hailed as "the inventor of photojournalism." Both oeuvres are characterized by a unique, highly personal aesthetic?Lartigue candid, Kertész reflective?that set them apart fr...[Read more]