The series “Medusa syndrome” of Leaulevlesara nourished her obsession for women’s hair. Throughout this obsession , the photographer reinterpreted the myth of Medusa. Set in strange scenes where the bodies languish in oriental decors , she likes to imagine that the hair of the models, diverted as ornaments, caps , dresses … are theirs ( the hair should be acquired their own autonomy) or those of their victims. Hair exacerbate the beauty of these women, but also bind, threaten , strangle … She uses the polaroid 600SE as her main tool and collaborates with the designer Véronique Jeantet for the jewelry.
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