*Each edition has been hand-printed and is unique. 
Edition Ref. Code: BP–19

‘FIRE’ is a series of limited, hand-printed images by photographer Lea Colombo. Currently based in Paris, Colombo often returns to her home country of South Africa, spontaneously capturing portraits and naturally occuring compositions during each trip. For ‘FIRE’ Colombo has trained her eye to the area surrounding her typically human subject matter, focusing instead on the landscape that people occupy. In doing so, Colombo expands on her style, using the interplay of form and her distinctive printing technique to create evocative, atmospheric images. Each edition of ‘FIRE’ are hand-processed by Colombo in her darkroom, using coloured gels and masking during enlargement, to produce prints unique from one another.   

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Lea Colombo was born in 1993 (or 1994?) in Cape Town, South Africa. Working as a self-taught photographer, Lea rose to prominence shooting backstage and behind-the-scenes photos at runway shows for Vivienne Westwood, Saint Laurent, Maison Martin Margiela, and other fashion houses. She has since expanded into editorial, working with Dazed and Confused, i-D, AnOther, and Elle (both UK and China), among others, and continued working with couture by capturing lookbooks for brands like Versace, Miu Miu, and Marc Jacobs. Most recently, Colombo produced the cover for Christina Aguilera's new album Liberation.   Colombo currently lives and works between Paris and London.