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# Three-Time Olympic Fencer’s Vibrant Photos of Athletic Diversity
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/three-time-olympic-fencer-enzo-lefort-vibrant-photos-of-athletic-diversity/
- Published: 2024-07-26T19:24:15.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:41:31.000Z
- Description: Enzo Lefort's stylized portraits of his teammates are now on view alongside works by other Olympian artists in Paris.
- Author: Rhea Nayyar
- Tags: Art, Featured, France, Olympics, Paris, Photography, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:36 (2023, 2024, part 2)

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Enzo Lefort's portrait of French long jump and triple jump Paralympian, "Arnaud Assoumani" (2023), photo on DIBOND (all images © Enzo Lefort unless otherwise noted, courtesy Olympic Museum)

As the 2024 Summer Olympics ceremony kicks off and we wait with bated breath to see what this year's competition holds, some of the athletes themselves are proud to present the results of their own creative output in an exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo. On view for the duration of the games (August 11), the [*Olympian Artists Programme* exhibition](https://olympics.com/museum/explore/news/olympians-to-showcase-their-art-at-paris-2024-om?ref=hyperallergic.com) includes artwork by seven international athletes, including French fencing champion Enzo Lefort's stylized portraits of his national Olympian and Paralympian teammates.

Lefort, a three-time Olympic fencer from French Guiana whose team medaled gold and silver in Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro respectively, picked up the camera in 2017 after connecting with various photographers throughout his sports career. Turning the lens back on his colleagues across all sports disciplines, Lefort is showing a series titled *Olympic Faces: One French Team*— a testament to the diversity of athletes united in the goal to win gold for their country.

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Enzo Lefort's *Olympic Faces: One French Team* on view at Clubhouse (Palais de Tokyo) during the Olympic Games Paris 2024 (photo by IOC / Anja Wodsak)

The photographer's latest series is an expansion ofan earlier project, a photo book called [*Behind the Mask*](https://enzolefort.com/photography/behind-the-mask?ref=hyperallergic.com) (2020) that he worked on amid the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic, consisting of portraits and detail shots of his fencing teammates. With an eye for the melding of cultures and geographic origins that have rounded out his point of view, Lefort has [said](https://fie.org/athletes/22555?ref=hyperallergic.com)that he "wouldn't be the man \[he is\] now without experiencing this diversity."

In addition to portraiture, the athlete also captures candid, architectural, and landscape scenes, and has also worked on visuals for social media and [marketing campaigns](https://www.instagram.com/kitesy%5Fmartin%5Fstudio/?locale=undefined&hl=am-et&ref=hyperallergic.com) for his partner's Kitesy Martin jewelry and accessories brand.

"Photography helps me to express my creative side outside fencing," Lefort said.

See more imagesfrom *Olympic Faces: One French Team* below.

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Enzo Lefort's portrait of the French judoka, "Teddy Riner" (2022), photo on DIBOND

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Enzo Lefort's portrait of the French pentathlete, "Marie Oteiza" (2024), photo on DIBOND

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Enzo Lefort's portrait of French breaker Carlota Dudek in "Senorita Carolotta" (2024), photo on DIBOND

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Enzo Lefort's portrait of French Para-cyclist, "Marie Patouillet" (2023), photo on DIBOND

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Enzo Lefort's portrait of French judoka, "Romane Dicko" (2023), photo on DIBOND

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Enzo Lefort, "Golden Arm" (2023), photo on DIBOND