Lartigue: Life in Color – Martine d’Astier & Martine Ravache

Before color became standard, he mastered it as sensation. This volume gathers Jacques Henri Lartigue’s Autochromes—luminous plates made from the 1910s onward—revealing a practice long overshadowed by his black-and-white fame. Beaches, gardens, winter scenes and intimate portraits glow with soft, powdery tones and fragile light. Published by Abrams, the book restores the radical freshness of these early color experiments and reframes Lartigue as a pioneer of chromatic modernity.

Technical Sheet
Title: Lartigue: Life in Color
Artist: Jacques Henri Lartigue
Texts: Martine d’Astier, Martine Ravache
Medium: Offset printed photobook
Dimensions (cm): Approx. 24 x 26 cm
Pages: Approx. 160
Language: English
Publisher: Abrams
Condition: Very good; light wear to dust jacket.