Charles Fréger

CHARLES FREGER

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TIZNAO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FROM THE CIMARRON SERIES

A graduate of the " Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Rouen ", Charles Fréger is a french photographer whose work focuses on the representation of the social body, the construction of identity, and the image of the self.  

MEVLEVI, TURKEY

EVZONE,GREECE, FROM THE EMPIRE SERIES

EGUNGUN, TOGO

Keenly attuned to the visual cues by which specific communities are defined, Charles travels the world, immersing himself in a range of societal groups to create highly formal, deeply empathetic photographic portraits of their members.

QUEENS OFCEBU, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

SIKH REGIMENT OF INDIA

CABOCLO DE PENNA, BRASIL, FROM THE CIMARRON SERIES

Charles Fréger explores the genre of the portrait as an artist, constantly looking back at history and the methods as if an official painter in the service of himself, of all and of the entire world.

UMWANA, RWANDA

BLEUS DE TRAVAIL SERIES, FRANCE

MAJORETTES SERIES

2 NELSON

RIKISHI SERIES, JAPAN

Through a combination of full- and half-length portraits, he reveals social structures, dress codes, and personalities, building a nuanced picture of a whole community through its detailed parts.

JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, FROM THE PAINTED ELEPHANTS SERIES

BEIJING, FROM THE OPERA SERIES

YOKAINOSHIMA SERIES

MARDI GRAS INDIANS, NEW ORLEANS

MANISH ARORA

Uniform and outfit, mask and disguise, costume and garment-each of these second skins imposes a typology that is at once singular and unifying, captured in images that are usually frontal and full-length.

HIMBAS, NAMIBIA

ASAFA, TOGO

COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE,VENEZIA - VIDEO INSTALLATION -

MERISOTAKOULU, FINLAND

LEGIONNAIRE, DJIBOUTI, FROM THE OUTREMER SERIES

TUSH

Although Charles prefers to focus on tradition he also works in alternative culture and quite often these two meet. "There is a theatrical as well as a contemporary and traditional aspect in my work. There is a constant interconnection between cinema, theatre, design, music and anthropology".

DRY

BABUGERI, BANSKO, BULGARIA, FROM THE WILDER MANN

YOKAINOSHIMA SERIES

CERBUL DIN CORLATA, ROMANIA, FROM THE WILDER MANN SERIES

Charles Fréger's work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Musée d'Art Moderne, Luxembourg; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen; Yokohama Museum of Art; Fotohof, Salzburg; and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, among others.

ANOTHER

DAZED

NUMERO

HERMES CAMPAIGN, OBJECTS COME ALIVE

He collaborates with magazines such as Numéro, Numéro Hommes, Dazed, Another, Citizen K, Icon Spain, How To Spend It, Dry, Mastermind, Crash, Tush and clients including Issey Miyake, Louis Vuitton and Hermès,

ICON SPAIN

NUMERO HOMMES

ISSEY MYAKE

Charles Fréger has puplished numerous books, in multiple languages and editions, including Wilder Mann – the Image of the Savage, Yokainoshima - Spirits of Japan and Cimarron - Freedom and Mascarade

CIMARRON, FREEDOM AND MASCARADE, 2019, PUBLISHED IN 5 LANGUAGES

BEL MARDIGRAS JACMEL,HAITI

LECHONES SANTIAGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

COYONGOS, COLOMBIA 

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