Coats and patterns

Fur, hide and wing, seen up close.

2025

Marseille, France

Personal

Personal series

Leopard spots filling the frame in soft fur

A personal series that started with a dalmatian on a red set and kept going. I wanted to see how far a pattern can carry a picture on its own.

Every frame is filled edge to edge. There is no horizon and no eye, only the coat.

The edge of a white and burgundy butterfly wing against black
The pattern of giraffe skin along a curved neck against black
Black spots on white dalmatian fur in close up

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Léa Montel

Photographer in Marseille, working on fashion, still life and campaigns for brands and magazines.

Contact

Booking commissions from March 2027.

© 2026 Léa Montel. All pictures by the studio.

Marseille, France

Léa Montel

Photographer in Marseille, working on fashion, still life and campaigns for brands and magazines.

Contact

Booking commissions from March 2027.

© 2026 Léa Montel. All pictures by the studio.

Marseille, France

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