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I have never taken a photograph without one thought in my head to amuse myself.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

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Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Age: 92 †
Born: 1894
Born: June 13
Died: 1986
Died: September 12
Painter
Photographer
Montalon
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