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Julien Martinez Leclerc

Photographer

With a graphical sensibility steeped in art historical knowledge, Julien Martinez Leclerc has established himself as a bold new voice with an intuition for a truly timeless image.

The Paris-based photographer’s clarity of vision for arranging his subjects before the camera lens began in his youth, surrounded by the works at his mother’s art gallery where he worked. His interest for staging and cinema is reflected in his sophisticated use of lighting and the characterization of his subjects. Though as much as this research sensibility anchors his point-of-view, the photographer’s portraits also resonate on the level of pure feeling: theatrical in their staging, and charged with emotion in how we interact with them as a viewer.

Bringing this sensibility to the worlds of both editorial and campaign work, Leclerc has collaborated with brands such as Berluti, Bottega Veneta, Chanel, Dior, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, and Supreme; his editorial work has appeared in magazines like i-D, Double, M Le Monde, System, Italian Vogue, and Self Service.

Editorial Highlights

D La Repubblica

YESTERTEMPEST

System Beauty

DISTORTING THE IMAGE BRINGS ME CLOSER TO MY EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE OF REALITY

Double Magazine

TAKE ME THERE

Double Magazine

LADY AND THE GIANT

Self Service

"OH. I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO PARIS IN THE 20'S AND 30'S WITH F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, ZELDA, GERTRUDE STEIN, AND PICASSO."

Vogue Italia

INTO THE NIGHT

Advertising Highlights

LOUIS VUITTON PRE-FALL 2024

YOHJI YAMAMOTO FW24

MIU MIU DENIM ICONS

MIU MIU DENIM ICONS

GIORGIO ARMANI

BOTTEGA VENETA

BOTTEGA VENETA