The Wonderlust Journal » Art Visuels http://thewonderlustjournal.com Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:43:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Baptiste Masse http://thewonderlustjournal.com/baptiste-masse/ http://thewonderlustjournal.com/baptiste-masse/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:00:25 +0000 Eliza Coleman http://thewonderlustjournal.com/?p=1496 I know. I can’t believe it either.
A “smash hit,” no? Ah, what an awful pun, but I couldn’t resist.

By Baptiste Masse.

]]> http://thewonderlustjournal.com/baptiste-masse/feed/ 0 Jacques Henri Latrigue http://thewonderlustjournal.com/jacques-henri-latrigue/ http://thewonderlustjournal.com/jacques-henri-latrigue/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:38:07 +0000 Eliza Coleman http://thewonderlustjournal.com/?p=1505 I am totally enamored with Jacques Henri Lartigue and his work.  Born in 1894, he received a camera for his seventh birthday, and from then on essentially kept a photo diary of his life.  Fascinated by the things most young boys are interested in, including cars, dogs, his family and friends at play, aircraft, many of his most famous photographs were taken during his childhood.

Apparently, Wes Anderson is a big fan and has modeled many of his characters and images after Lartigue’s work, including Max from Rushmore.  Also did you notice the photo of Zissou?  Bet that’s where he got Steve Zissou’s name!

As he continued to document his surroundings and outings for his entire life, he later took many photos of fashionable Parisian life and French vacation spots, but I’ll save that era for another day.

Today, I’m loving the joie de vivre, humor, and idiosyncrasies captured in his childhood photographs.

Can you believe his technical capability at such a young age?  This was before digital made everything look good, y’all.

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