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Charles Fréger
Charle Fréger (born 1975) is a French portrait photographer.

Work
For Wilder Mann (2012) Charles Fréger visited 18 European countries in search of the mythological figure of the Wilder Mann. His strange and beautiful photo book, Wilder Mann the image of the savage, explores human fascination with myth, ritual and traditions. , half- man half- beast, animal or vegetable, comes from the depths of of time on the occasion of ritualistic, pagan or religious festivals, celebrating the cycle of the seasons, the fat days, carnival or the eve of Easter. In the common fund of the European rural societies, these characters or emblematic animals represented protective figures or symbols of fertility. The outfit does not allow any glimpse of skin, the human figure is completely buried under an avalanche of heavy furs, wools, bells, horns and other materials and accessories. Photographing outside the periods of festivals or carnivals, he stages these characters in a natural environment that he often chooses to be wide and open. There is also this other freedom taken with regard to the silhouettes themselves, not hesitating to omit some voluntarily, and to photograph others from behind, claiming the partiality of his inventory, more poetic than scientific. .

For Cimarrón 1 (2014-2018) Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Antilles, A.virgin islands. Cimarron is the third part of a photographic series begun in 2010 by Charles Fréger and dedicated to masquerades; after Wilder Mann (2010-), dedicated to the European continent, and Yokainoshima (2013-2015), located on the Japanese archipelago, Cimarron (2014-2018) is anchored in the territories of the Americas. In a geographical space stretching from the southern United States to Brazil and including fourteen countries, Charles Fréger this time draws up a non-exhaustive inventory of masquerades practiced mainly by the descendants of African slaves, celebrating the memory of their peers and their singular cultures. Extracted on purpose from the tumult of the carnival or festival to which they belong, the figures embodied by the masquerades take place, monumental and hieratic, in an environment chosen by the photographer for its pictorial qualities. He focuses his attention on the aesthetic verve expressed by these silhouettes as well as on that concealed in the urban or rural environment. A pink truck tarpaulin soiled with soot becomes the backdrop for the Pintao in the Dominican Republic; a carpet of tall grass greets the colorful plumage of the Caboclo de Pena in Brazil. Colors and materials resonate with those worn by the silhouette, amplifying, like a stage set, the outrageousness, beauty, otherness and animality embodied by the masquerade. .

Publications

 * Portraits photographiques et uniformes. Paris: 779 and Société française de photographie, 2001. ISBN 2-914573-00-6.
 * Majorettes. Paris: Léo Scheer [fr], 2002. ISBN 2-914172-33-8.
 * Légionnaires. With an essay by Raphaëlle Stopin. Paris: 779 and Château d'eau, 2002. ISBN 2-914573-07-3.
 * Donneurs. Preface by Pierre Etschegoyan. Ponctuation, 2002. ISBN 2-913179-05-3.
 * Bleus de travail. With an essay by Marc Donnadieu. Rouen: POC, 2003. ISBN 2-915409-00-5.
 * Steps. Cherbourg: POC / Le point du Jour, 2003. ISBN 2-912132-24-X.
 * Le Froid, le gel, l'image : Merisotakoulu. With an essay by Jean-Paul Curnier [fr]. Paris: Léo Scheer, 2003. ISBN 2-915280-06-1.
 * Rikishi. With an essay by Chihiro Minato. Rouen: POC, 2004. ISBN 2-915409-04-8.
 * 2Nelson. With an essay by Bill Kouwenhoven. Rouen: POC, 2005. ISBN 2-915409-05-6.
 * Lux. With essays by Stéphane Bern and Didier Mouchel. Veenman, 2007. ISBN 2-919923-13-7.
 * Les Fleurs du paradis. With an essay by Fréger. Villa Noailles/archibook, 2008.
 * Empire. With an essay by Prosper Keating. Paris: Thames & Hudson, 2010.
 * Wilder Mann
 * Wilder Mann: the Image of the Savage. Stockport, UK: Dewi Lewis, 2012. With an introduction by Robert McLiam Wilson and an essay from the International Museum of Carnival Masks in Belgium. English language edition.
 * Thames & Hudson. French language edition.
 * Kehrer. German language edition.
 * Peliti. Italian language edition.
 * Seigensha. Japanese language edition.
 * Outremer. Villa Noailles/Archibook, 2013.
 * L-12-12. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2013.
 * La Danse du lion. Fotokino, 2014. ISBN 978-2-9530742-4-6. Flipbook.
 * Bretonnes. With a foreword by Marie Darrieussecq and detailed texts by Yann Guesdon.
 * Portraits in Lace: Breton Women. Thames & Hudson, 2015. ISBN 9780500517994. English language edition.
 * Arles: Actes Sud, 2015. ISBN 978-2-330-05044-3.
 * Yokainoshima
 * Yokainoshima: Island of Monsters. Thames & Hudson, 2016. ISBN 9780500544594. English language edition.
 * Yokainoshima: Célébration d'un bestiaire nippon. Arles: Actes Sud, 2016. ISBN 978-2-330-06470-9. French language edition.
 * Yokai no shima. Seigensha. ISBN 978-4-86152-529-2. Japanese language edition.
 * Yokainoshima: Rituali di maschere giapponesi. ISBN 9788889412718. Peliti. Italian language edition.
 * Parade, les éléphants peints de Jaipur. Paris: grandes personnes, 2017. ISBN 978-2361935078.
 * Cimarron: Freedom and Masquerade. Thames & Hudson, 2020. ISBN 9780500022467. English language edition.
 * Souvenir D'alsace. Musée historique de Strasbourg, 2023. ISBN 9782351252154.
 * Aam Aastha
 * Aam Aastha: Indian Devotions. Thames & Hudson, 2023. With essays by Anuradha Roy and Catherine Clement. ISBN 9780500024980.
 * Aam Aastha: Incarnations et divinités en Inde. Arles: Actes Sud, 2023. ISBN 978-2-330-17514-6.