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Photographs of car mechanics posing as classic Renaissance paintings

In his Renaissance series, Chicago-based photographer Freddy Fabris celebrates the Renaissance master painters with a twist – taking interesting portraits of car mechanics and recreating classic images including Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper and Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam.

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Car mechanics gathered around a table in a workshop recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, photographed by Freddy Fabris

"The Renaissance Series experience was the start of a new chapter in my personal work because it was mainly for myself," he explains. "It was something I always wanted to do. The concept had been done before, but I wanted to find a way of showing it from a different perspective that I hadn't really seen done before."

Writing on the Huffington Post, he said: "I wanted to respect the look and feel of the originals, but needed to come up with a conceptual twist that would create a new layer to the original. By chance I came across an old Midwest car shop that triggered this series, the place screamed for something to be shot there, and slowly but steadily ideas started to fall into place."

If you love this particular series, check out more of Fabris's work at www.fabrisphoto.com.

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Two car mechanics recreating Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam in a dimly lit garage workshop, with one lying on the ground reaching upward toward the other perched on a raised platform
Six car mechanics in suits gathered around vintage machinery in a dimly lit workshop, recreating a Renaissance painting composition
Bearded man in black puffer jacket and metallic headpiece holds a rifle, posed against a dark gridded background in Renaissance style
Man in black work jacket with name badge posing with welding equipment against dark background, styled as a Renaissance portrait
A bearded man in a dark suit and white shirt holds a large wrench against an industrial metal wall, posed in the style of a classical Renaissance portrait
Car mechanic in a patterned jacket holding a wooden-handled tool, posed against a dark gridded background in Renaissance style
Bearded car mechanic wearing a dark work shirt with white collar, holding worn fabric, posed against a diamond-patterned metal backdrop in Renaissance style
Man with beard and moustache wearing black suit and white shirt, holding a red pipe wrench over his shoulder against dark background
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