Lucien Clergue

"Caco at Montparnasse I, 1975"
Lucien Clergue

"Lucien Clergue was born in Arles, France in 1934. He began studying photography when he was 15 years old and in 1953, he began his career as the first to photograph Picasso in the Roman arena at Arles. His friendship with the master continued until Picasso’s death in 1973. During these years, Picasso guided him, and introduced him to significant artists such as Jean Cocteau. Clergue collaborated with Cocteau for many years and had influential relationships with such renowned individuals as Edward Weston, Manitas de Plata and the Matador, El Cordobes."

There are seven pages to this gallery of Clergue's work, but the links are easy to miss at the very bottom of the pages.

Lucien Clergue