Alexandra Leese

ALEXANDRA LEESE

 [1972]

DAZED

Born in Hong Kong and currently living in London, Alexandra Leese creates timely and compelling visual narratives that draw on her cultural background and her acute sense of color and composition. 

i-D

LUKE CASEY X HEAVEN BY MARC JACOBS

SELF-SERVICE

i-D

VYRAO

ASAI

Before turning her focus to fashion photography, she studied fine art at Chelsea College of Art. Inspired by her artistic background, Alexandra’s images provide a unique elegance. 

HELMUT LANG, RED HEADS

HELMUT LANG, TAXI DRIVERS

DAZED

SELF-SERVICE

SIXTEEN JOURNAL

Emotive and introspective is a good way to describe Alexandra’s work, a photography that lures you in gently before kicking you in the gut. 

i-D X GUCCI

i-D

SIXTEEN JOURNAL

BEABADOBEE X HEAVEN BY MARC JACOBS

THE FACE

THE FACE

Her work speaks of “human conditions,” which, she believes, “are what make us who we are, what fears, desires and beliefs we have and why, what sets us apart but more importantly what bring us together.”

i-D

i-D

HELMUT LANG, WOMEN OF WALES

i-D

THE PERFECT MAGAZINE

Her commissioned work is gaining momentum, and she has recently worked with brands and magazines including Asai, Marc Jacobs, Helmut Lang, Bershka, Stella McCartney, Vogue,  Dazed, i-D, GQ Style, The Face, Document Journal, The Perfect Magazine and Self Service.

THE PERFECT MAGAZINE

ASAI

DOCUMENT JOURNAL

HELMUT LANG, WOMEN OF WALES

'NATURE VS CITY'

Alexandra’s 'BOYS OF HONG KONG' book (2018) and exhibition installation - shown at FOAM, Amsterdam - is a study of masculinity in contemporary China.

'BOYS OF HONG KONG'

'YUMI AND THE MOON' is an internationally-coveted zine that she self-published in 2019, reimagining the folkloric Japanese story of Kayuga Hime, the ‘Moon Princess’. 

'YUMI AND THE MOON'

The pandemic gave life to her most recent and successful project, 'ME + MINE'. Alexandra illustrated 44 women around the world, giving them the opportunity to express themselves through their body in a genuine way, in the attempt to dismantle the male gaze.

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