Igor Mattio

Photography

Present Journeys

CUBA — Dance, Fever, Revelation – Project Introduction

2 Dancers, 2 Athletes in Old Havana Project Introduction I arrived in Cuba to meet five dancers, drawn to a grace I had known only through screens and fleeting digital fragments. I wanted to photograph their bodies, of course, but above all to capture what emerges when movement stops: an inquiry into masculinity in a

Traces of a Grand Tour

September/October 2025 Once again, I found myself journeying through Italy, heeding the call of my friend Anto. His recommendations were, as always, a series of irresistible commands: “You have to go there to photograph!” And, as always, I followed. Our first destination was Sicily. We landed in Catania in the violent embrace of a thunderstorm,

Shifting Focus

July 2025 Skin and Under kept me busy for almost two years. A complex project, not only for the practical challenges, but above all for the doubts I carried within myself. Legitimacy? Not the right word, perhaps. Right is closer to what I was taking on—portraying my subjects in moments of intimacy, when their defenses

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