Tokyo

Frédéric Lebain by Antoine Ricardou

He was the first one to put his blind trust in us, on the basis of a half-finished layout. When I first called Fred, the collection didn’t exist yet. Vanessa Atlan, who decided to do Naples, suggested I call him to complete our first series of four books. He said yes immediately and we were off.

He was certainly the best-known photographer we worked with on the first edition and his confidence gave us strength. We are extremely grateful to him for that. He already had an idea in mind when we first spoke, he wanted to go back to Tokyo and shoot automatic beverage vendor machines like Sugimoto; at night, at slow shutter speed, on film.

His singular and non-exhaustive work on Tokyo provided a strong direction for future artists working on Portraits de Villes.

INSTAGRAM @fredlebain_photography YEAR OF BIRTH 1966 PLACE OF BIRTH Paris, France EDUCATION Ecole Supérieure de cuisine Française PROFESSION Photographer FAVORITE MEDIUM Photography PASSION Greek Islands ROLE MODEL Environmental activists FAVORITE ARTIST Thomas Mailaender

Portraits de Villes is a collection of books, where an artist is given carte blanche to illustrate a city of his / her choice. Each book is a unique journey, guided by the singular gaze of an artist.