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j. leo

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Photographer since adolescence, J.Léo is among the top of emerging photographers.


“Corps Pour Elles” presents the recent work of the photographer carried out over the past 3 years on the theme of the bodyscape (literally body-landscape). It is about using a part of the naked body, here exclusively female, as a starting point to tell stories using small figurines and accessories.


Acting like a trompe l'oeil, the composition staged appears at first glance like an authentic landscape. But on closer observation, we discover that this "natural" setting is misleading. The naked body serves as a background, while artificial elements the focal point. These elements are 1/87th scale model figurines (characters, animals, decor elements with sometimes the addition of sand or smoke) which come to life in the decor attributed to them: deserts with camels, bushes with crocodiles and leopards, construction sites for workers, gardens where they mow the lawn, oasis where pink flamingos come to drink, a soldier on duty… Jean-Léonard Polo's imaginary world comes to life on the model's flesh.


The erotic dimension is neither highlighted nor even sought here, Jean-Léonard Polo wants to create an aesthetic and imaginative universe which will allow the viewer to dream up stories. The prowess in this work comes from hiding the erogenous and sexual parts of the model because that is not the desired goal. The model's body thus becomes a medium for the photographer. In some photographs, the viewer's eye recognizes a breast, the arch of a back, the curves of the buttocks, but the macro shooting takes away any erotic dimension and even makes it difficult to be certain of formal recognition of this or that part of the body. The sometimes visible nipples themselves become apart of the decor, neutrally, the erotic significance is annihilated. The systematic absence of a face throughout the series prevents any identification and accentuates the division between the viewer and the sensual dimension of the photograph. Likewise, we should note the importance of the lights that illuminate and stage the composition.

Expositions :

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Animals

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Transhumance au Clair de lune

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

67cm x 100cm available
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Wild horses

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

62cm x 100cm available
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Les moutons de Valou II

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

74cm x 120cm available 74cm x 120cm on request
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Rhino Family

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

61cm x 100cm available
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Curly

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

67cm x 100cm available
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Wild life

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

80cm x 120cm available

Athletes

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Tout Schuss

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

70cm x 108cm x 3cm available
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Descente caline

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

55cm x 100cm available
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Tour de Marina

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

67cm x 100cm available 107cm x 150cm available
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Sur les pistes de Megève

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

67cm x 100cm available 100cm x 120cm on request
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Colorado

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

66cm x 100cm available
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La Clusaz

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

83cm x 100cm available
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Hors pistes

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

73cm x 108cm x 3cm available
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Sport d'hiver

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

66cm x 100cm available
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Blind hole

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

50cm x 80cm available 80cm x 120cm available
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Le grimpeur

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

74cm x 116cm x 3cm available 74cm x 120cm available 98cm x 160cm on request
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Climber

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

48cm x 68cm x 3cm available 80cm x 120cm available
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Mont Russe

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

50cm x 80cm available 90cm x 145cm available
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La combe de la Saulire - Courchevel

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

50cm x 80cm available 80cm x 127cm available
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Crans Montana

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

68cm x 100cm available 87cm x 127cm x 3cm available
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The most beautiful link in the world (subligraphie)

Subligraphy photography - Original edition of 10 ex

80cm x 120cm x 2cm available
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The Diver

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

70cm x 100cm available 90cm x 120cm available
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Monaco GP 1969 - Subligraphie

Photography - Original edition of 17 ex

80cm x 100cm available
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GP F1 69 - Fine Art Baryté

Photography - Original edition of 17 ex

80cm x 120cm available
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Monaco GP 1969 - Fine Art Baryté

Photography - Original edition of 17 ex

80cm x 100cm available
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Surfer au clair de lune

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

80cm x 120cm available
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Col de la Loze BW Smoke

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

87cm x 127cm x 3cm on request
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La Face de Bellevarde

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

75cm x 97cm x 3cm on request
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Mont d'Arbois

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

87cm x 127cm x 3cm on request

Vacationers

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Une journée à la plage

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

62cm x 100cm available
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Pêcheur dans le bassin d'Arcachon

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

67cm x 100cm available
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Anna's friends

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

40cm x 60cm available 80cm x 120cm available
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Belle prise

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

62cm x 100cm available
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Landing at Courchevel

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

70cm x 100cm available 80cm x 100cm available 90cm x 100cm available
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Le lagon bleu

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

80cm x 120cm available

Workers

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L'atelier du sourcil

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

40cm x 60cm available
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Red lips

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

100cm x 100cm on request 120cm x 120cm available
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Nail polish

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

50cm x 50cm available 120cm x 120cm available
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The eyebrow painter

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

42cm x 50cm available
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Peintre sur soie

Photography - Original edition of 10 ex

80cm x 120cm available

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j. leo