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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Jean Cocteau in the Valley of Hell
The Quarries of Lights, just outside Les Baux de Provence, are one of the region's most popular tourist attractions with their spectacular son et lumière shows. But back
in 1960 they - and the surrounding Valley of Hell - hosted a very different artistic project, Jean Cocteau's
poetic fantasy Le Testament d'Orphée. A current show in Les Baux de
Provence features the work of the photographer Lucien Clergue who
collaborated with Cocteau to record the shoot. Click here to read more
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