Luis Fábrega is a visual and sound artist who, since 2006, has explored photography, video, and music as parts of a single creative organism. His camera moves through cities, bodies, and gestures in motion, with a particular focus on portraiture, dance, and the nude — building an evolving archive of over thirty thousand images that converse across projects. Based in Paris, he creates video art and hybrid pieces where the body becomes both subject and language. Among them, SOKKA — a collaborative video-dance project with twenty performers inspired by Japanese aesthetics — and a series centered on the tree as a symbol of maturity and growth.In parallel, he composes music that blends jazz, pop, and electronica. His discography includes LIFE IN A BOAT, an album recorded aboard a barge on the Seine, alongside more than two hundred original compositions conceived as soundtracks to his own visual universe.His website functions as a living diary where images, videos, and sounds intertwine to tell one continuous story — that of an artist who sees the body, the city, and time as mutable territories of transformation, exposure, and memory.
A photo gallery about men can become a powerful space to question and expand the idea of masculinity. Through portraiture, it not only shows the body or appearance, but also vulnerability, identity, and the internal contradictions that men often do not allow themselves to express in their daily lives. Such a gallery not only speaks about the men who are photographed, but also about the gaze that observes them: it allows the viewer to ask what it means to be a man today and how images can accompany processes of change, self-awareness, and the liberation from rigid roles.
This kind of work involves: Exploring themes such as fragility, tenderness, loneliness, social pressure, and the traditional role of the “strong man”, creating room for emotions that are usually hidden. Creating an intimate encounter between photographer and subject, where the man is invited to show himself without masks, which can have a healing effect and foster personal recognition. Offering the public new images of masculinity: less focused on power or success and more on humanity, the diversity of bodies, ages, and experiences, helping to break stereotypes.
In my portraits of men, I seek to go beyond the image of the “role” to get closer to the real person behind it. I am interested in showing their vulnerability, doubts, fears, and tenderness—all those emotions that traditional masculinity often forces them to hide.Through the gaze, gesture, and posture, I want the subject to see himself not only as a father, worker, or “strong man,” but as a whole person: with a story, wounds, desires, and a capacity for change.I also aim for the portrait to be a safe space where the man can let his guard down and feel truly seen. I want the photograph to function almost like an honest mirror, helping him to recognize himself and, at the same time, offering the viewer a different image of masculinity: more human, deeper, and less imprisoned by stereotypes.
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