Auto Mechanics Recreate Renaissance Paintings

Photographer Freddy Fabris had always wanted to pay homage to the Renaissance masters with his photos in some way, but he wasn’t sure how until he stumbled upon an auto-mechanic shop in the Midwest. In his own words: “Translating painting into portrait photography was a challenge I looked forward to. I wanted to respect the look and feel of the original oil paintings, but needed to come up with a conceptual photo idea that would create a new layer to the original”. This led to a brilliant series of funny portraits with auto mechanics that you can see here.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

Renaissance auto mechanics by Freddy Fabris.

16 thoughts on “Auto Mechanics Recreate Renaissance Paintings”

  1. @to the batmobile : I double down, it’s not funny, and it’s neither sad, nor useless, it’s just a wonderful job that they did, full of culture and really hard to acheive.

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  2. Whoever did the Photoshopping to give the chiaroscuro and old lacquer/shellac look did a great job. This is entertaining for reasons other than just slap-you-knee funny.

    These guys did a great job!

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  3. Norm, it’s hard to believe but mechanics do actually wash their hands and don’t always have a black fingernail or two.

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  4. “The Midwest” is a pretty large geographic region with many subtle cultural differences. This looks like some Ohio shit to me. Too clean and too hipster to be Indiana.

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