The French photographer, nourished by a sensitivity to beauty, explores in her photographs and limited edition zines the transformative power of makeup, light and composition.
Chloé Le Drezen has been fascinated by photography since the day she borrowed her father's camera as a child. Since then, this Nantes native has dedicated herself to learning photography and turning her passion into a profession. Today, she lives and works between Paris and London and has her own darkroom in the north of the English capital. Her portfolio includes shoots for magazines ( Le Monde , Vogue ), collaborations with brands (Alexander McQueen, Adidas, Victoria Beckham), and her own publications where she takes the time to explore "new ideas without any pressure." Behind the lens, she primarily strives to break free from the conventional framework of beauty and fashion photography, highlighting all kinds of attractive features and exploring the transformative and empowering power of makeup, light, and composition. His portfolio thus plays with warm hues, stroboscopic effects, blurs, close-ups, details, timelessness, and the dramatic power of black and white. All of which invites us to look at faces and the movement of bodies differently.
From attraction to emotion
Chloé Le Drezen's large-format personal zines solidify her singular vision through the mysterious power of beauty to evoke emotion. XXI Girls , published in an edition of 100, presented 21 female portraits transformed into modern beauties. For her new publication, in collaboration with stylist Elle Britt, with whom she directed a video for designer Sinead O'Dwyer, she is working for the first time with a model she knows. Molly is a tribute to her friend and fellow model Molly Hunloke, whom she met on an Alexander McQueen project. Here, the photographer once again explores the depths of feminine radiance, delving deeper into the intimacy and history of the images. "Working with someone you know quite well opens up another dimension and it changes the result," she told AnOther Magazine, adding: "There's a palpable and magical exchange of tenderness and self-affirmation in each photograph." » Also available in 100 copies at the Claire de Rouen bookstore in London, Molly thus remains a natural progression in the formal process of her photographic reflections.
