Attraction

A WALK WITH AXEL MORIN AS HE CAPTURES THE STILLNESS OF ISOLATION IN A SERIES OF IPHONE FILMS

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Axel Morin is a French photographer and filmmaker based in Paris, whose multidisciplinary practice spans photography, collage, painting, and video. Immersed in art from an early age, his work bridges fine art and commercial realms, reflecting a deep artistic foundation that continues to influence his approach to visual storytelling. In April 2020, during the final week of the month, Morin kept a visual diary—capturing moments of intimate reflection through a series of multi-channel films shot on an iPhone. Confined, improvised, immediate. Each frame a meditation on proximity and distance. The diary fragrance captures the ghost of occupied spaces—coffee and cigarettes in an empty café, the cooling warmth of a city street after everyone has gone inside.

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Olfactive Journal

Isolated Stills

Perfumer — Mark Buxton

Cacao abs., mandarin, neroli, Savana, thin abs., leather, iris, violet wood, benzoin resin, vanilla, patchouli, musk, cedarwood.

04 / 2020

Series Statement

Over fixed periods, we invite artists to keep a diary with us — through audio, text, video, image.

They share textures, thoughts and experiences from that time.

At the diary’s close, our perfumer creates a fragrance — not as translation, but as portrait.

A period in the artist’s life,
filtered through another’s attention.

The scent becomes an anchor, but not for preservation.

For return. For continuation in another form.

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Axel Morin

Photographer & Filmmaker