Throckmorton Fine Art exhibits female nudes and iconic photographs by Lucien Clergue
(Artdaily.org)

Throckmorton Fine Art is presenting an exhibit of female nudes and iconic photographic images spanning the fifty year career of one of France’s greatest photographers, Lucien Clergue. On the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles photography festival, which Clergue co-founded with Michel Tournier, Throckmorton Fine Art gallery will feature more than forty black and white and color images, including some of Clergue’s most acclaimed images. Spencer Throckmorton says, “Clergue was a master of sensual photography, brilliantly capturing the play of light and shadow, as well as they of the human form. His photography is classic, never forced or manipulated.” While Clergue photographed many subjects, among them portraits of fellow artists (including his dear friend Pablo Picasso) Clergue is most renowned for his female nudes. The Throckmorton exhibit offers an opportu