On the occasion of the Grand Palais exhibition, it seemed interesting to show a large selection of pictures created by Lucien Clergue in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Brilliance. This is what is revealed in the seven albums of contact sheets, that were forgotten and then rediscovered in Lucien Clergue's studio after his death.
In 1953, Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) was not yet twenty when, after leaving a bullfight in Arles, he presented his first photos to Pablo Picasso. This was the start of a friendship that lasted twenty years. Thanks to the photographer's albums, discovered after he died, we can understand the brilliance and dark poetry that so impressed Picasso and later Jean Cocteau.
Before coming to the exhibition "Lucien Clergue. First albums" at the Grand Palais from 14 November 2015 to 15 February 2016, learn more about the photographer...