Lucien Clergue

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Lucien Clergue was a renowned French photographer known for his influential black-and-white imagery and for co-founding the prestigious photography festival Les Rencontres d’Arles.

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instanceOf French photographer
human
photographer
awardReceived Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur NERFINISHED
Officier des Arts et des Lettres NERFINISHED
birthDate 1934-08-14
birthPlace Arles, France NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath cancer
coFounderOf Les Rencontres d’Arles NERFINISHED
Rencontres d’Arles photography festival NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED
Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 2014-11-15
deathPlace Nîmes, France NERFINISHED
electedTo Académie des Beaux-Arts NERFINISHED
electionYear 2006
fieldOfWork photography
foundedInCollaborationWith Jean-Maurice Rouquette NERFINISHED
Michel Tournier NERFINISHED
friendOf Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED
Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED
genre black-and-white photography
hasWorkInCollection Centre Pompidou, Paris NERFINISHED
George Eastman Museum NERFINISHED
Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED
influenced contemporary French photography
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie des Beaux-Arts NERFINISHED
movement fine-art photography
name Lucien Clergue NERFINISHED
notableAchievement first photographer elected as a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
notableFor black-and-white imagery
co-founding an international photography festival in Arles
notableSeries Camargue NERFINISHED
Nus de la Mer NERFINISHED
Saltimbanques NERFINISHED
notableWorkTheme Camargue region NERFINISHED
bullfighting
landscapes
nudes
occupation photographer
placeOfActivity Arles, France NERFINISHED
Camargue, France NERFINISHED
positionHeld chair of photography at the Académie des Beaux-Arts
presidencyYear 2013
presidentOf Académie des Beaux-Arts NERFINISHED

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Les Rencontres d’Arles (photography festival) foundedBy Lucien Clergue
subject surface form: Les Rencontres d’Arles