LUCIEN CLERGUE
Lucien Clergue was born in Arles (France) in 1934, he learns violin before but decides to be a photographer. He works until 27 and publishes his first book « Corps Mémorable » (Seghers Editions) in 1958 illustrated by the poet Paul Eluard, Picasso and Cocteau. Since then, he published more than 75 books in France, USA, Japan, Germany, Italy, England, Spain, Canada. « Née de la Vague » (Belfond Edition) in 1968 is his most famous book which marked a all generation. Lucien Clergue directed about 20 short films. He receives the Prix Louis Lumière in 1966 for « Drame du taureau». He is selected in 1968 at Festival de Cannes and at the Oscars in Hollywood with « Delta de Sel ». In 1969 he creates the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles (France) and will be the director for many years. In 1979, he becomes Doctor at University of Provence, Marseille (France), he is the first person to present a thesis in images only “Langage des Sables “. Roland Barthes will write the introduction. In 1982, he contributes to the birth of the National School of Photography in Arles (France).
Lucien Clergue, first photographer to be elected to the Académie des Beaux Arts in Paris, has published more than 75 books and numerous films. The artist’s life was made by encounters and friendships, his images of Picasso, Cocteau or St John Perse bear witness to these intimate exchanges between exceptional souls. Original photographs by Lucien Clergue are on sale at Galerie Patrice Trigano in Paris, and through this website. They are all silver gelatin prints, vintage or modern, numbered and signed by the artist, printed in his own studio in Arles (France).
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