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by David Julian Leonard (Photographer), W. M. Hunt (Introduction by)
Beginning with an education at the elbow of his friend William Eggleston, this ballade photographique traces David Julian Leonard's paths across twenty years from his American birthplace in Memphis to his adopted French home of Arles. His storytelling choices are equally informed by his work on documentary films as a cinematographer and editor. For this collection of photographs he offers no formal thesis, only an invitation to open our eyes and take the ride through a startling m lange of candid moments and surreal scenes captured by the camera.
This book features an introduction by the renowned New York-based photography collector and curator W.M Hunt.
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Author Biography
David Julian Leonard is an American photographer and filmmaker from Memphis where he was born in 1962.
He brings a background in motion pictures to his work as a still photographer. As a grip and lighting technician in the 1990s, he worked on feature films and other projects (as David Leonard). He was fortunate to work with a remarkable streak of directors and cinematographers who came to Memphis for projects including Francis Coppola, Milos Forman, John Toll and Phillipe Rousselot.
More recently he has been cinematographer, director and editor on documentaries often devoted to the rich music heritage of the region from his native Tennessee through Mississippi to New Orleans. 2014 he edited the concert film Big Star: Live In Memphis from footage that had been left in a cupboard for almost 20 years.
In his pursuit of still photography he has been strongly encouraged by his friend and fellow Memphian William Eggleston who also has greatly influenced his understanding of art.
Leonard's art photography has brought him more often to Europe, where he has exposed in England, Scotland, Portugal, Denmark and France. Some of his finest photographs have been created during travels to Arles and he and his wife Valentine, who is French, now try to find more time to spend in a second home they've found there in the historic Roquette neighborhood.
