13 June

Born in 1894 – Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer and painter.

Above: Flowers and Butterflies, Salle des Ambassadeurs du Casino, Cannes, 1935

Also, born in 1893 English author, poet, and translator Dorothy L. Sayers.

What do we find God 'doing about' this business of sin and evil?...God did not abolish the fact of evil; He transformed it. He did not stop the Crucifixion; He rose from the dead.

—from Sayers’ 1938 essay, "The Triumph of Easter"

Previously on June 13, Jost Amman and Sayers.