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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