Though the term ‘film noir’ was first coined in reference to cinema – Hollywood films of the 1940s and 50s took on a melodramatic quality, all sultry femmes fatales, long swinging trench coats and ill-fated protagonists – it has since been repurposed for other deserving media. And in the case of French illustrator Yann Le Bec, whose personal work in black paint has long assumed a sinister undertone, it couldn’t be more appropriate. His drawings resonate with a quiet…
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