My Day With Leo brings Leo (and many more) to the people.
My Day With Leo is a photography project by Joel Strong featuring oversized celebrity head cut-outs placed onto regular human bodies.
"My Day With Leo started as an inside joke--a way to bring 90s Leo to Instagram and onto modern social networks without reposting old pictures or using Photoshop," Strong told BuzzFeed. The project has since evolved to include dozens of celebrities featured in both photos and videos and 140K Instagram followers.
Strong describes the project as "Flat Stanley meets BOP Magazine."
The project places larger-than-life personalities into ordinary scenes in New York City.
"I'm not the best illustrator and I'm not too handy with computers, so I developed this technique as a way to make funny images that could also convey deeper messages," Strong told BuzzFeed. Strong is aware of the existing ways that other artists are blending mediums and isn't looking to replicate them or make grand claims about the project, just to entertain.
Though Leo is in high demand by fans, Kanye West is also a favorite.
"Kanye definitely gets a strong reaction, and I have a lot of fun playing with him in different settings since he's such a unique person who seems both out of place and bizarrely at home in just about any situation, " Strong told BuzzFeed. The account features several Kanye shots in both photo and video formats. "People have very strong feelings about him so the reactions he gets are pretty different. "
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