How to float a figure in LaTeX so it won't change text alignment?

Question

I'm trying to create a title page in LaTeX. Here is my code:

\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
    \vspace*{1cm}

    \large
    \includegraphics[width=0.10\textwidth]{FIGURE1.jpg}
    \textbf{AUTHOR'S NAME}\hfill

\vfill

    \textbf{TITLE}\\
\vfill

\centering

    ADRESS\\ 
DATE\\

\end{center}
\end{titlepage}

The problem is this way FIGURE1.jpg is a member of the same line as AUTHOR'S NAME is placed just before it and changes the alignment as push AUTHOR'S NAME to the right.

I don't want that. I want FIGURE1.jpg to be placed at the very left in this line and AUTHOR'S NAME to be centered.

How can I do that?

possible duplicate of How to make text aligned left/center/right in the same line? — Paul Gessler, Jun 25 '14 at 19:03
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score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '14 at 19:02

Do you mean like this? This achieved by putting the two items in a box the width of the line, placing the image first on the line with apparent zero width and the centering the author by adding equal amounts of glue on each side.

Sample output

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
    \vspace*{1cm}

    \large
    \makebox[\textwidth]{\makebox[0pt][l]{\includegraphics[width=0.10\textwidth]{example-image-a.jpg}}\hfill\textbf{AUTHOR'S
    NAME}\hfill} 

\vfill

    \textbf{TITLE}\\
\vfill

\centering

    ADRESS\\ 
DATE\\

\end{center}
\end{titlepage}

\end{document}

YES, Andrew. That was exactly what I wanted. Thank you! – Kaiser Schwarcz Jun 26 '14 at 01:14 — Kaiser Schwarcz, Jun 26 '14 at 01:14

How to float a figure in LaTeX so it won't change text alignment?

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