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Résonance colorée

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Léon photographies (Saint-Priest-des-Champs, France) on 4 May 2017 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Montagrier - Along the Dronne river (Dordogne), France

D’un bout à l’autre de la France, les mêmes couleurs se répétaient, nuancées de contrastes changeants. Des montagnes assiégées par les doux villages endormis aux greniers à grains de nos plaines calcaires, et des bords de mer brûlants de bleus aux vallées fluviales bercées par les courants du vent, notre monde reflétait notre peuple, artificiellement rassemblé derrière une langue unifiée qui se colorait d’accents et de différences intrinsèques.

From one side of France to the other, the same colors were repeating themselves, nuanced of changing contrasts. From the mountains besieged by sweet asleep villages to the granaries of our chalky plains, and from sea sides burning of blues to the fluvial valleys rocked by the wind currents, our world was reflecting our people, artificially brought together behind a unified language that was coloring itself with accents and inner differences.

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.