Leonard Mechineau
The Nucleus of Cool
4 September 2017
Paris-based photographer Leonard Mechineau produces effortlessly alluring images that tastefully and shrewdly combine elements of architecture, still-life photography, and portraiture. The images are both appealing and compelling, and have a smooth pace to them. These are pictures to return to again and again, seeking out and taking pleasure in the small details.
Close up but never unkind, the viewer is made privy to the confidential side of things, man or man-made. Outtakes of buildings and objects seamlessly meet outtakes of the nonchalant lifestyles and outfits of seemingly detached youths, slap bang in the nucleus of cool.