Author francois-hebel

Lucien Clergue’s photography was intuitive from the start and, at the age of just twenty, he enjoyed the benefit of decisive support and advice from the mentors he chose for…

There is a large gypsy community in Arles and many of its members are settled there. Every May, they are joined by travellers from across Europe who come on pilgrimage…

Back then, being born in Arles usually meant you were born into l’aficion – bullfighting and its toros. All his life, Lucien Clergue would photograph the corridas from the ringside…

Photographed in close-up on the beaches on in the waves of the Camargue, the generously formed women’s bodies surge up from the waves joy and endless vitality, a previously unseen…

At the time of the exhibition at the Grand Palais, it seemed interesting to show an important selection of images made by Lucien Clergue in the 1960s and at the…

Following his discussions with American photographers and the discovery, in the USA, of workshops (educational courses), which he brought to Arles, Lucien Clergue felt the need to validate his creative…