Photo Recreation

Jacques Henri Lartigue was born on June 13, 1894 in Courbevoie, France. He began taking photographs when he was six years old. He took pictures throughout his life, but he received little acclaim as a photographer until later in his life. He earned his living as a painter, and although he concentrated on his painting, he continued his work in photography. When he was 69 years old, his photographs were discovered, and his work was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This led to his photos being published in Life Magazine in 1963. From there, he had commissions in fashion and design magazines until his death in 1986. While he photographed all of the people in his life, he most frequently photographed his wives and the Romanian model Renee Perle, who was his mistress in the early 1930s. The following photograph is one of Lartigue's many portraits of Perle.

Original photo: "Renee Perle" by Jacques Henri Lartigue

My recreation of Lartigue's photograph

I tried to replicate the feeling of Lartigue's photo by using high contrast and strong lighting from the upper left side of the frame. The model's hairstyle, clothing, jewelry, and pose mimic those of Perle in Lartigue's photo.