For its “nocturnal” evening on Tuesday, November 19, the Robert-Doisneau social center in Biars-sur-Cère as part of the Résurgence de Cauvaldor festival, is offering a conference at 6:30 p.m. on Jacques-Henry Lartigue and sport. This conference will be led by Gabrielle Andries-Roussel, historian of photography.
The public is invited to explore the link between photography and movement, through key figures in the history of art, to discover how the evolution of photographic techniques has influenced the way of capturing movement, whether in scientific or artistic fields.
Exceptionally, Jacques-Henri Lartigue began photography at the age of 7, in 1901, and practiced it until his death in 1986. He first claimed to be a painter, and photographed his entourage and those around him “as an amateur”. environment. Sport experienced real growth in the first half of the 20th century and Jacques-Henri Lartigue witnessed it.
This conference will allow you to discover his view of both mountain and seaside sports, the first automobile races with this very well-known image of the ACF Grand Prix, and tennis with astonishing photographs by Suzanne Lenglen, or even on cycling and aviation…
Conference for all public and free but by reservation at 05 65 38 03 79.
