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Leon has agreed to show his work under their banner in France. Here is a taste of the opening night of this new venture at La Blanchisserie in Paris. Leon sold one of his Topography series on the night which is a great start.
Leon has agreed to show his work under their banner in France. Here is a taste of the opening night of this new venture at La Blanchisserie in Paris. Leon sold one of his Topography series on the night which is a great start.
Sarah Myerscough Gallery
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This image from the Box Hill series sold 5 of its 6 editions at the show.
Conceptual Still Life Project
Working alongside model maker, designer and comrade Wesley West, Leon has made a start on a conceptual still life project. Much of the work will be shot on location, away from the studio using natural light.
"It's a slow burn project this one. We've got a bunch of ideas and drawings, but every time we try to hook up to shoot, one of us gets busy on a photo shoot or TV commercial. We'll get there...but slowly"
Here is the first execution........
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| The venerable Mr.West |
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| Hat Band |
More Magazine New York
Natasha Lunn at More magazine New York commissioned Leon to shoot 'The Royal Roses' for a story appearing spring 2012.
Leon travelled up to David Austin Roses and set up studio in an upstairs outbuilding that seemed to house nothing but dead or dying wasps and pigeons. Very glamourous!
Despite the conditions Leon persevered and we will post the results when the story appears early next year.
Leon travelled up to David Austin Roses and set up studio in an upstairs outbuilding that seemed to house nothing but dead or dying wasps and pigeons. Very glamourous!
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| Makeshift still life studio |
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| a carpet of dead wasps |
Back to The Royal Academy
Leon's work is being exhibited for the second year running in the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition this year.
He has two pieces on show in Gallery VII, Curated by Olwyn Bowey which are a continuation of his Boxhill Project.
'I've never arranged such a big gallery before', this room concentrates mainly on her principal interests: still-life and landscape.
But as well as painting she includes photography, which she admits 'is quite a new thing for me'.
'Leon Steele’s large photographic image Heath 15 is a very silvery scene, alive with clematis on the branches of its trees.'
Olwyn Bowey
You can see these pieces exhibited until August 15th.
Smith & Nephew shoot.
Art Director Eric Houseknecht at Woolley Pau asked Leon to shoot a series of Global adverts for Smith & Nephew, one of the worlds leading Pharmaceutical Companies, to release their new product. For legal reasons we are unable to divulge anything else about this project!
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| Leon and Eric |
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| Hand model in make up |
Shot at The Street Studios, London.
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| Leon directing the Hand model |
Closed set
May 2011: GB Theatre Company Shoot
GB Theatre Company were rehearsing 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Twelfth Night' for their Open Air Shakespeare Tour this year and asked Leon to design and shoot their posters for them.
Romeo and Juliet
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Twelfth Night
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Make up by Kumi Itou.
Costume by Hannah Gibbs.
April 2011: Boxhill cont..
April 2011: Calibre Magazine Shoot
The article was called "Have a nice trip."
The idea was to get away from the classic static still life of watches and put some movement and circumstance into the shots, capturing a moment.
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| The Actor on the floor recreating a fall |
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| Setting up the briefcase mid fall. |
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| Adding the Actor into the shot. |
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March 2011: Still life cont...
March 2011: Still life cont...
February 2011: Skull
February 2011: Tin foil dogs.
Leon has been playing with the idea of making his still life shapes/objects/beings out of household materials.
Something that makes you look again.
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| Leon concentrating. |
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| Getting the emotion right. |
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| There he is. |
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| Done. |
February 2011: Feathers project.
In February Leon was back in the studio.
Armed with a bunch of feathers from the heath, he came up with a little still life project to display their beauty and simplicity.
and a little more...
Staxyn Shoot
Leon was asked by Art Director John Rea at Euro RSCG Worldwide to shoot new ads for
Stayxn (GlaxoSmithKline).
Thanks to the whole team for making this a successful and enjoyable project. We will post final images soon......
Scotland
As a new part of his landscape project, Leon headed for the Highlands of Scotland to the Cairngorm mountain range at the beginning of January.
This is Lecht Ski Centre, part of the Glenlivit Estate in Moray. A tiny ski resort used by the locals with only a few runs and nothing fancy about it.
Here, on the notorious A9 in Glen Truim is the view of the range on route to Perth.
Leon thought it looked an oncoming Tsunami.
More pictures to come along with the end results.
New studio work cont
New Studio Work cont:
New Studio Work cont:
New Studio Work
As well as his 'Boxhill' landscape series, Leon has been working on some new studio work these last couple of months.
No prizes in guessing where he got his inspiration: Bringing a bit of Boxhill back to London.
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No prizes in guessing where he got his inspiration: Bringing a bit of Boxhill back to London.