Eric Leleu is an independant French photographer who has been based in Shanghai China since January 2005. He produces "social photoseries" featuring a concept or an idea developed through a collection of images about a specific topic. Most often, the images are inspired by everyday life and the relations among people as social characters.

Group exhibitions  
2009
Day Dreamers 1st Rangoon photography festival (Myanmar) (slideshow)
2007
Day Dreamers 3rd Lianzhou photography festival (China) (slideshow at the Granary)
Day Dreamers 3rd Angkor photography festival (Cambodia) (slideshow at the FCC)
My Chair Guest speaker at Pecha Kucha - Kong gallery (Shanghai) - 
2006
Colors of India  Lille 3000 Indian culture festival (France) - exhibited in 5 different venues - 
Day Dreamers  Guest speaker at Pecha Kucha - 1918 Warehouse gallery (Shanghai) - 
Day Dreamers  Pudong MOMA shop (Shanghai) - 
Selected works  Creative Bazaar - 1st Shanghai art fair - 
2005
China Red Le Petit Café (Shanghai) - 
Postcards from China Rencontres Internationales d’Arles (France) (Hype Gallery project) - 
2004 
Neons of Pigalle  Palais de Tokyo (France) (Hype Gallery project) -

Fellowships
2004
Haigui, Chinese returnees (pdf) City of Paris (PJA awards) 
Haigui, Chinese returnees (pdf) French Minister of Youth ('Défi Jeunes' awards) 
 
Books
2007
Day Dreamers  15 pictures in a high-class guide about China (Editions Vilo - Bower Group)
Double page in Pecha Kucha book (Japan)
 
Main publications
2008
Le Monde 2 (France)
2007
Madame Figaro (China), L'Express (France), Wirschaft Woche (Germany)
2006
La Tribune (France), Les Echos (France), Elle Déco (Chine), SCMP (Hong-Kong), Liaisons Sociales (France)
2006
Travel+Leisure (China), World Traveler (China), Svdenska (Sweden)
2005
Vogue (France)