A book of sport-inspired photos by Jacques Lartigue, the most loveable observer of his times, so belatedly recognised as one of the twentieth century’s major photographers. His work continues to astonish: the photographs, paintings (he considered himself first and foremost a painter), notebooks, drawings and writings of a prolific but secretive artist who worked with no thought of profit or fame, with the freedom of an eternal child delighting in the spectacle of life and its pleasures, surprises and novelties.
