Lucien Clergue-Poetry of the Female Body

36-year-old American fashion model and actress Joanna Krupa (Joanna Krupa) was filmed by paparazzi in a transparent dress on the chest during a visit to a restaurant in West Hollywood.

"Clergue's photographs are notebooks of sketches of God," Picasso remarked at the beginning of his career as a photographer. It seems that Clergue spent his whole life trying not to disappoint his older friend and mentor.

I must say that Klerg has always been a supporter of intuitive photography. Intuitive, independent photography that requires the photographer to "not interfere" with the process of creating a brilliant picture. This is how Clergue has always worked. And his works in the genre of" nude " confirm this.

"Жизнь продлевают только работа и женщины" – это знаменитое высказывание Пикассо как нельзя лучше подходит к жизненному мейнстриму Люсьена Клерга, который всю жизнь был (и остается) невероятно работоспособным. Более 75 книг во Франции, США, Японии, Германии, Италии, Англии, Испании, Канаде. Более 20 срежиссированных им фильмов "короткого метра" и как результат – премия Луи Люмьера и две номинации (на "Оскар" и в Канны).

In 1982, he became one of the founders of the National School of Photography in Arles (France) and taught there until 1999. After that, Klerg taught the art of photography at many universities around the world. He has conducted seminars in France, Italy, Spain, and the USA. He lectured at Harvard University.

The series of photos "naked zebras" does not represent a single photo project of the master. These works are united only by the technique of light coloring of the nude. Klerg returned to such an uncomplicated, but very effective method of staging light many times over the course of 16 years (since 1997). Different models, different cities, different moods, but still the same amazing play of light and shadow, repeating the curves of the model's body.

Despite the fact that these photos have caused a lot of imitations, Clerg's original works, of course, remain the best in this genre.