Priere
Did you see the wind?
Florence Leyret Jeune, fascinated by people
April 12, 2011
La terre est bleue comme une orange
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Caroline. Studio shot, NYC
April 2, 2011
Tu penses a quoi?
Tu penses a quoi?
Tu penses à quoi?
Aux seins exténués de la chienne maman,
Aux hommes muselés qui tirent sur la laisse,
Aux biches dans les bois, au lièvre dans le vent,
A l’aigle bienheureux, à l’azur qu’il caresse?
Tu penses à quoi?
A l’imagination qui part demain matin,
A la fille égrenant son rosaire à pilules,
A ses mains mappemonde où tremble son destin,
A l’horizon barré où ses rêves s’annulent?
Tu penses à quoi?
A ta voix sur le fil quand je cherche ta voix,
A toi qui t’enfuyais quand j’allais te connaître,
A tout ce que tu sais de moi et à ce que tu crois,
A ce que je connais de toi sans te connaître?
…Leo Ferre
March 30, 2011
Transparence
“…a thing is not seen because it is visible, but conversely, visible because it is seen…” Plato
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March 14, 2011
Number 41- Success
Studio shot ©Florence Leyret-Jeune Photography
I love cards, specially the games of Divination, the Tarots, for their mystical and allegorical symbols.
Number 41, nine cups, symbols of success in love as well as in business…
February 21, 2011
Robin’s wood
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When you live in Manhattan, it doesn’t take a lot to go away from he traffic. For that photo session, we recreated an old fashion, West Wild ,”boys hiking “. Three models, a flag, suspenders, a camping knife, a fresh trout, levain bread …everything else was generously offered by Mother Nature!
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February 21, 2011
Dan Cooper, parlez-vous Francais?
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Dan Cooper created Fuzzystar with Tony Sly. Fuzzystar is an organization based in Harlem (NYC), focusing on experimental videos, live shows involving live music and visual arts. You can check them out at: www.fuzzystar.org
February 21, 2011
Love song (Un dimanche a la campagne)
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How can I keep my soul in me, so that
it doesn’t touch your soul? How can I raise
it high enough, past you, to other things?
I would like to shelter it, among remote
lost objects, in some dark and silent place
that doesn’t resonate when your depths resound.
Yet everything that touches us, me and you,
takes us together like a violin’s bow,
which draws *one* voice out of two separate strings.
Upon what instrument are we two spanned?
And what musician holds us in his hand?
Oh sweetest song
(Rainer Maria Rilke)
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Nathan and Stephen are actors. They live in NYC.
February 21, 2011
Amazing grace
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Caroline is a talented French song writer. She also sings, with a deep and sensuous voice. For that photo-session, we played with the light, around her face and her hands, trying to give a sense of intimacy.
February 20, 2011
The possibilities are endless.
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Maurice Lee is a young multimedia artist based in NYC. You can hear and see his work here:
http://jiggz.net
http://3008.jiggz.net
http://321believe.com
February 20, 2011
On the road to the Oscars
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Caesar Young, French Director.
We played with a “James Bondish” concept. A camera as a prop, a bow tie, and a wrinkled shirt…Et voila!
February 20, 2011
Miss Mack, mackithappen!!!
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February 20, 2011
Blue ink, grey sky…
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Bernard Mauran is a young French photographer living in Canada. He loves photography and surf…
See his beautiful work here:
http://bernardmauranphotographe.wordpress.com/
February 19, 2011
The international brotherhood of clowns
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In 2009, 900 clowns gathered in Mexico City for the 14th International Clowns Convention. During a week, clowns from all over Latin America meet, learn new tricks, compete and exchange ideas. The Convention aims to establish high standards amongst clowns, as well as an official professional artist status.
Photography© Florence Leyret-Jeune
February 16, 2011
Clowns-policemen in Mexico (Polipayassos en Mexico)
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In April 2010, I followed a group of clowns-policemen in Mexico. I had meet them in Mexico DF a few months before, and was very curious about the concept and the persons behind it. They created that group in order to overcome the barrier between the police and the public, specially among the youngsters. Everyday, they make-up carefully, then go into the neighborhoods, hospitals, schools and try to connect with people through humor and affection, using that interaction to open the dialogue about relationships, family values, drugs, corruption…
En abril de 2010, he seguido a un grupo de payasos, policías en México. Yo los encontra en México DF para una convencion de payasos, meses antes, y tenía mucha curiosidad sobre el concepto y las personas detrás. Ellos crearon ese grupo a fin de suprimir la barrera entre la policía y el público, especialmente entre los jóvenes. Todos los días, ponen su maquillaje con cuidado, y luego ir a los barrios, hospitales, escuelas. Tratan de interactuar con la gente a través del humor y del carino. y de abrir el diálogo sul los valores, las drogas..etc .
Video/Photography © Florence Leyret-Jeune
