PARIS — As the Paris Photo fair drew to a close, the French art scene was distressed by the news that pioneering art photographer Lucien Clergue died on Saturday at the age of 80. I met him ...

French photographer Lucien Clergue died in Nîmes on November 15, aged 80, after a long illness. Born in Arles in 1934, Clergue was more than an image-maker, best-known for his sultry nudes and ...

Lucien Clergue, who has died aged 80, was a French photographer whose friendship with Pablo Picasso helped forge a passion for bulls in the ring and women on the beach. A short, sharply dressed ...

Could you tell us about a moment that set you on your way to becoming an artist? When I heard a J.S. Bach piece for violin, Ciaccona [the concluding movement of Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 ...

Lucien Clergue is one of only three photographers to receive the French Legion of Honor award. (Henri Cartier-Bresson and André Kertész complete the triad.) Given this distinction, it’s quite ...

"Every millimetre of every black-and-white grain in every single one of Lucien Clergue's pictures is for me an Arles-flavoured 'madeleine', as much as the pores of my skin. Doubtless because he was my ...

Lucien Clergue emerged in the art scene when Cubism and Surrealism were dominated the art world, a pivotal moment in art to which Clergue has attributed much of his influences. Early on in his career, ...

Lucien Clergue (14 August 1934 – 15 November 2014) was a French photographer. He was Chairman of the Academy of Fine Arts, Paris for 2013. Lucien Clergue was born in Arles, France. At the age of ...

In this selection of photographs by Lucien Clergue we are witnesses to the re-birth and transformation of ordinary things. Undulating sand dunes become nudes in a re-vision that pulls together lines ...

In 1953, Lucien Clergue met Pablo Picasso and for nearly thirty years, until Picasso’s death, the two formed a lasting and influential relationship. During this time, Clergue had the rare opportunity ...