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Using the Young Male Body to Tell a Story (Photos)

Christopher Harrity
03/10/18
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Johnny Abbate's photos suggest a larger, more horrifying story. Read more below.

Johnny Abbate's photos suggest a larger, more horrifying story. Read more below.

Johnny Alexandre Abbate is a photographer researching the metaphorical limits of the human body and feelings of loneliness and desolation. He blends on-site explorations, historical studies, and dramatization of natural environments into complex interdisciplinary projects that can be defined as a "the space travel of a lost kid trapped in the screams of his hormones."

He lives and works in Germany and has exhibited there as well as in Italy and the Netherlands. Abbate defines himself an "alien Indiana Jones."

His pictures are taken all over Europe, often in extreme places: cities destroyed by wars and earthquakes, abandoned power plants, mines, glaciers. His work is dangerous, and he has often ended up in the local hospitals, but he reminds us, "Every scar is a medal."

Check out his website, Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr for more.

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Christopher Harrity

Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
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