Detail; Les geantes, Camargue, 1978
Gelatin silver print (black & white)
11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Private collection
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Lucien Clergue (August 14, 1934 — November 15, 2014) was a French photographer. He was Chairman of the Academy of Fine Arts, Paris for 2013.
Clergue was born in Arles, France. At the age of 7 he began learning to play the violin, and after several years of study his teacher admitted that he had nothing more to teach him. Clergue was from a family of shopkeepers and could not afford to pursue further studies in a college or university school of music, such as a conservatory…
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