Fernando & Victor Display Their “Thirsty” Photographs

The exhibition opened April 23rd in the MCR1 Studio Gallery.

“We define their acting and posing and the theme of the series which is quite dark. We wanted them to appear like monsters and vampires thirsty for blood, hungry for meat,”

This is an experimental show done by the photography duo Fernando & Victor who took photos for a week in their usual style, directing their lenses at their subjects who were tinged with monstrosity and vampirism. “Thirst,” the result of these photo sessions, is made up of 46 portraits “full of beauty and horror,” say the photographers.

The pictures will remain on display until May 7 at the MCR1 Studio Gallery in Los Prados.

Fifteen male and female models from the Civiles Agency, all photographed semi-nude and in black and white, were the subject of the piece. “We define their acting and posing and the theme of the series which is quite dark. We wanted them to appear like monsters and vampires thirsty for blood, hungry for meat,” said Víctor Nicolás, of the photography duo.

The result is a series of portraits that have not lost their theatrical flare, their vision of alternative beauty and their mastery of light that characterizes the fashion photos of Fernando & Victor. This series has its primal, deviant and spontaneous side.

About Fernando & Victor

Fernando Santos began to work in photography while studying advertising at APEC. Once discovering his passion for photography, he left school and in 2006 and began to take specialized classes in Barcelona. Upon returning home, he became a photographer’s assistant while also taking wedding photos and doing other artistic projects. Before traveling to Buenos Aires to specialize in fashion photography and advertising, he earned a certificate for portrait and urban photography from the Casa Chavón in Santo Domingo.

Víctor Nicolás studied Advertising Communication at UNIBE then also took an urban photography course at Casa Chavón. Together with Fernando, he studied photography and fashion production in Espacio Buenos Aires. They also studied lighting at the Motivarte School, as well as fashion photography and advertising at the Aldo Bressi School. Both did their post-graduate work in photography at the Aldo Bressi School.

While in Buenos Aires, where they shot their “Thirst” series, they also put together portfolios for the models and carried out advertising and publicity campaigns for fashion magazines. In Santo Domingo, where they currently live, they have done editorials for such magazines as Factoría, Pandora, Addict, U, Charme, Uepa, A La Moda and Messenger Mag, as well as ad campaigns for Camila, Belkola, Adela Dore and Nicole Jiménez. They have done portraits for Gutiérrez-Marcano.

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