Photographer's Profile

Marco Barbera

Switzerland

I’m a fine art photographer. My work is influenced by the sculptors of ancient Greece and by CG Jung's psychology. It focuses on the use of postures and shapes, textures and the play of shadows/lights. The scenes contain few elements: a single subject, lots of negative space, (almost) no accessories. The message is transmitted by an isolated body. In my opinion, clothes do not dress, they rather disguise. They transform the identity. Nudity becomes the allegory of an authentic identity, which is my central theme. Our lives are made of appearances. We put on a mask and we replace our identity with another. This becomes pernicious when the mask begins to condition our identity. Paradoxically, there is always more individualism and less individuality. The naked individual loses his mask and sees himself as he is: weak and alone in his inner conflict. Nudity exposes this discomfort to encourage the viewer to "return to himself", to become the master of his own identity again and to take responsibility for it.