Lucien Clergue’s (1934–2014) life was nothing short of extraordinary: a close friend of Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau, he founded the world-famous Rencontres d’Arles photography festival in 1968 and served as the Chairman of France’s Academy of Fine Arts in 2013. Now his exhibition ‘Chefs-d’oeuvre inoubliables’ – meaning, ‘Unforgettable masterpieces’ – gathers together his greatest works, many of which have been selected by his close family. Highlights include his gorgeous black-and-white nudes taken on the beach; his atmospheric landscapes, which were chosen by Edward Steichen for exhibition at New York’s MoMA in 1961; portraits of Cocteau; and Clergue’s lyrical documentary photographs of Romany Gypsies in the South of France.

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