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Léon photographies (Saint-Priest-des-Champs, France) on 16 April 2016 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

Argentera - Maddalena pass (Piemonte), Italy

Sur les hauts plateaux des Alpes provençales, l’air et la lumière s’étaient faits plus brûlant pour les poumons et les yeux et le sentiment de liberté, plus pur encore. Sans nous en rendre compte, nous étions en train de franchir là une frontière plus spirituelle que culturelle, plus forte encore que celle qui avait rallié des ailes balkaniques à notre corps occidental. Nous étions en train de passer le pas de porte de notre maison dans un mouvement anormalement saccadé ; entourés d’innombrable inconnus, nous étions devenus des étrangers.

On the high plateaus of the Provençal Alps, the air and light had become more burnig for the lungs and the eyes, and the feeling of freedom, purer. Without realizing it, we were crossing a border more spiritual than cultural, even stronger than the one that rallied Balkan wings to our western body. We were crossing the door step of our house in a non-normal jerky movement; surrounded by numerous unknown, we had become strangers.

From inside cultures, people and countries, Léon wants to reflect the world as it is. With and without lines, Léon tries not to lie about what he sees and lets know what people express, and what landscapes tell. Photographic work processed with films (Ilford HP5, XP2, FP4, Pan 100 & Pan 50, Portra 800, 400 & 160, Velvia 100 & 50, Sensia 100, Ektar 100, APX 100, Fomapan 200, Tri-X 400, Rolleï 400, BW400CN & Superia 400) by Nikkormat FS, 1968 & Praktica MTL5, 1984.