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In November of 1955, Lucien Clergue visited Picasso in Cannes. Their friendship lasted nearly 30 years until the death of the Master. The book, Picasso my friend retraces the important moments of their relation. Lucien was named knight of the Légion d'honneur in 2003 and elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institute of France. Lucien is the first photographer to enter the Academy to a seat devoted to photography. In 2007, the city of Arles honored Lucien Clergue and dedicated a retrospective collection of 360 of his photographs dating from 1953 to 2007.I photgraphed Lucien at the Louis Stern gallery for his show "The Intimate Picasso".