A TALENTED AUTODIDACT, LÉON PROST STRIVES TO CATCH WHAT GOES UNSEEN - HIS LENS IS A PRISM THAT MAKES THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE. HIS EYE CAPTURES MOMENTARY ENCOUNTERS, OFTEN UNEXPECTED, AND CONSTRUCTS A HIGHLY SPONTANEOUS DIALOGUE IN THEM.
THROUGH CANDID PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING HOLIDAYS, CHEERFUL MOMENTS AMONG FRIENDS OR INTIMATE SCENES, LÉON PROST PAINTS THE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG, LIBERATED SOCIETY WITH A RESOLUTE ATTITUDE. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE, ALWAYS USING FLASH AND WITHOUT ANY RETOUCHING, PRODUCES A LUMINOUS RESULT WITH SATURATED COLORS, OCCASIONALLY ECHOING THE DOCUMENTARY STYLE OF MARTIN PARR.
AS A FRENCH REPORTAGE PHOTOGRAPHER AND DIRECTOR, LÉON PROST DISCOVERED NEW PERSPECTIVES DURING STAYS IN ROMANIA, WHERE HE CULTIVATED HIS INTEREST IN ENCOUNTERS, WITH HIS ANALOG CAMERA, HE DEVELOPED A PARTICULAR FASCINATION WITH CAPTURING FLEETING MOMENTS IN A GESTURE OR A MOVEMENT. FOR SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE, ANTHONY VACCARELLO HAS CURATED A DELICATE SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS GIVING FREE REIN TO REVERIE AND INSOUCIANCE. ALL IMAGES © LÉON PROST CURATED BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO.
"HIS LENS IS A PRISM THAT MAKES THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE"
SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE INTRODUCES ITS FANZINE, A MAGAZINE SHOWCASING THE WORK OF EMERGING CREATIVE TALENTS.
CONCEIVED AS A PLATFORM THROUGH WHICH UP-AND-COMING ARTISTS CAN EXPRESS THEIR WORK AND CREATIVITY, ANTHONY VACCARELLO INVITES A DIFFERENT TALENT TO CREATE EACH ISSUE.
16 ADA MARINO
15 JESSE GLAZZARD
14 Daniel Rampulla
13 THEO LE FOLL
12 FAUSTO ELIZALDE
11 KINCSŐ BEDE
10 zachary handley
09 aaron moth
08 Léon Prost
07 RAchel sidu
06 lin shipeng (aka no.223)
05 julien langendorff
04 pink matter
03 bettina pittaluga
02 bruno roels
01 indigo lewin