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Leon Neal
AFP photographer based in London.
AFP / Leon Neal

A weekend in Marseille

Monday 13 June 2016

MARSEILLE, France -- "I was feeling like a total fool as I queued in line at the hardware store, waiting to pay for my safety goggles, toughened cap and heavy duty decorator’s mask. After all, I was heading to a football tournament, not a war zone. The upcoming assignment should have been more Gazza than Gaza but it wasn't to be..."

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AFP / Leon Neal

Bond. Photographer Bond.

Wednesday 28 October 2015

So you think James Bond is happy being 007? Think again. AFP's Leon Neal has learned his secret.

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No frills at Victoria's Secret

Wednesday 3 December 2014

"As the time of Christmas stockings draws near, my gift came early with the Victoria's Secret 2014 show," writes AFP's Leon Neal, sent to cover the celebrity-packed lingerie show in London. "But I knew this was a serious event on the photographer’s calendar, not to be taken lightly however frilly the subject." For it is a fact of the news business: smiling, scantily-clad supermodels often drive more sales than headline politics, sports or entertainment.

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