Summary: Summer’s lazy days put me in the mind of childhood and a recent encounter with some ideas by Pablo Picasso and some photographs by French photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) made me think about how important a childlike sense of wonder is to photographers.<br> Picasso said:<br> “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” – Pablo Picasso<br> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.cameraposition.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/50hipicasso.jpg" title="Pablo Picasso, Two Women on the Beach"></a><br> Pablo Picasso – Two Women on the Beach<br> Lartigue started taking photos when he was 6, his subject matter being primarily his own life and the people and activities in it. So, as a child he photographed his friends and family at play – running and jumping, racing wheeled soap boxes, building kites, etc.<br> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.cameraposition.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/jacques-henri-lartigue.jpg" title="Jacques Henri Lartigue Photograph"></a><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.cameraposition.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/lartigue_hydroglider.jpg" title="Jacques Henri Lartigue Photograph"></a><br> Photographs by Jacques Henri Lartigue<br> <a href="http://masters-of-photography.com/L/lartigue/lartigue.html" target="_blank">Jacques Henri Lartigue at Masters of Photography</a><br>
