Photographs of Homemade Aeroplanes and Carts

Lartigue began taking photographs at the age of seven. His father was one of the wealthiest Frenchmen of his day and the photographs bear witness to a life of privilege. We see his older brother ‘Zissou’ taking off in his homemade glider, and he recorded his cousin ‘Oléo’ careening in a cart with his father’s secretary, Monsieur Folletête. Lartigue was discovered later on, and his dynamic snapshot style was subsequently widely imitated.