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 in Arles, Nîmes, Béziers, Seville and Madrid.
His talent shone through in one of his first ever works, which depicted the agony of the bull photographed at ground level from under the protective barrier. It showed that the bull remained the king of the arena after the fight and deserved the same celebrity as the torero.
He made his first film, Le Drame du taureau in 1965. It was awarded the Louis Lumière prize in 1966 and was followed by a number of other shorts.
François Hébel and Christian Lacroix
EXHIBITION
Lucien Clergue 1934 – 2014
From November 14th, 2015 to February 25th, 2016
Le Grand Palais
avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris
France
http://www.grandpalais.fr
