08. Article on MyLittleRedCar in CAR&DRIVER Spain No. 289

View the memories of your childhood

The French photographer Julien Melica has converted some of the beautiful cars that mark the games of his childhood into verdaderas of art for adult enjoyment

Horas y horas de juegos y sueños con aquellos pequeños coches de metal pintados en vibrantes colores quedaron para siempre en la memoria del pequeño Julien. A few miniatures that are much more than toys, there is a stimulus for the imagination and one that has also been converted into the creative universe for the adult Julien. Sure, all of our emocionados were even seen in a rastrillo, in a tienda of antiquities or happy in a photo, to which I thought that it was our favorite, and that we did not wish to give to Nadie. For Julien a old box of wood with small metal coches era su tesoro más preciado. And then one of our years decided to convert a few small cars into art. This project My Little Red is a home to these miniatures with all of them being big pilots and a special relationship that is established between this small car and its young owner. For Julien there is a small red car and that the child relives all these emotions and decides to photograph one of these miniatures, of his childhood, the majority of those lost and mistreated by many infantile carreras, to convert them into large format art pieces after much post-production time disconnected computer. But if you want to convert it into art, it's a small story of your childhood, “your little red car”, you can envy Julien Melica for one of the many art pieces in a numbered edition and limited to only 30 copies, happy with the tamaño and the one you want to realize... aunque sea en una precious fotografía.

Google translation:

Go back to your childhood memories

French photographer Julien Melica has transformed these magnificent cars, which marked the games of his childhood, into true works of art to be appreciated in adulthood.

Hours and hours of play and dreams with these little metal cars, painted in bright colors, have remained forever etched in young Julien's memory. These miniatures were much more than just toys; they sparked his imagination and have now become Julien's own creative universe as an adult. We've all surely been thrilled at some point to find, in a rake, at an antique shop, or simply in a photograph, that toy that was our favorite, the one we couldn't share with anyone. For Julien, an old wooden crate filled with little metal cars was his most prized possession. And a few years ago, he decided to transform these little cars into art. His MyLittleRedCar project is a tribute to these miniatures with which we all dreamed of being great race car drivers, and to the very special bond that develops between a little car and its young owner. For Julien, it was a little red car that brought back all those emotions, and he decided to photograph each of these miniatures from his childhood, most of them chipped and battered by countless children, to later transform them into large-format works of art. This involved many hours of post-production in front of the computer. But if someone wants to transform this little childhood treasure, "his little red car," into art, they can send it to Julien Melica to create a limited-edition, numbered piece of art (only 30 copies available), choosing the size and medium in which they want their dreams to become reality... even in a beautiful photograph.