SKIN, and Under. Limited Edition (Collector’s Box) Published by Artfineline, 2025 — No ISBN
By Igor Mattio
Created for collectors and connoisseurs, the Limited Edition of SKIN, and Under offers a unique encounter with Igor Mattio’s vision.
Each copy is signed, numbered, and stamped by the artist, and presented in a handcrafted black fabric solander case with magnetic closing.
Available mid-December.
During the pre-order period, all purchases made by December 15 2025 will include a gelatin silver print from the Skin and Under series—printed and signed by Mattio on baryta paper—making each set a singular work of art.
The edition represents not merely ownership, but participation in the project’s spirit: an act of preservation and alignment with its quiet, defiant beauty.
Printed in Italy on Fedrigoni 150 g matte paper with H-UV four-tone process, this edition upholds the highest standards of fine-art bookmaking—combining photographic precision with artisanal craft.
About the Book
“In “SKIN. And Under,” Mattio’s lens descends, like Orpheus into the underworld, beneath the inked armor, the studded leather, the carefully constructed facades of masculinity. What he finds there, in the subterranean chambers of the heart, is not hardness, not the steel of the warrior, but the trembling flesh of youth, exposed and luminous.
Each portrait is a palimpsest, a parchment where the stories of struggle and vulnerability are etched over the smooth skin of adolescence. The nudity is not a provocation, but a revelation, an offering of truth laid bare on the altar of the lens. These young men are not merely subjects; they are oracles, their bodies inscribed with the poetry of their own becoming.
Mattio’s work is a challenge, a mirror held up to our own rigid notions of gender. It asks us to look beyond the muscles and the bravado, to see the tender, beating heart beneath. To recognize that true strength lies not in the refusal to feel, but in the courage to be vulnerable, to be open, to be utterly and completely human.
In the end, “SKIN. And Under” is more than just a collection of photographs; it is an invitation, a beckoning into the shadowed depths of the human spirit. It is a reminder that even in the most hardened of shells, there exists the potential for softness, for beauty, for a love that transcends the boundaries of flesh and bone.
About the Author
Igor Mattio is a renowned visual artist who blends photography and drawing to create bold and surreal works. His focus on silver gelatin prints in numbered editions has earned him acclaim in the art world. “Skin. And Under” is his latest project, reflecting his deep desire to capture the authentic and vulnerable states of being.
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