Jacques Henri Lartigue, born June 13, 1894 in Courbevoie and died September 12, 1986 in Nice, was a French painter, writer and photographer. In 1963, at the age of 69, Jacques Henri Lartigue exhibited for the first time at the MoMA in New York, some of the many pictures he took during his life. That same year, Life magazine dedicated a portfolio to him, and this issue announcing the death of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy toured the world. To his astonishment, Lartigue became overnight one of the great names in 20th century photography. Jacques Henri Lartigue learned photography from his father as early as 1900. Responding to his son’s enthusiasm, Henri Lartigue gave him his first camera for his 8th birthday in 1902. From then on, he never stopped photographing his childhood life, which was marked by car trips, family vacations and especially by the inventions of his elder brother, Maurice, nicknamed “Zissou”. Both brothers were passionate about cars, aviation and all the sports that Jacques-Henri recorded with his camera. As an adult, he continued to attend sporting events and to practice himself some sports reserved at the time for the well-to-do: skiing, skating, tennis and golf. He practiced color photography, by the autochrome process, and relief photography.