Chronicles: Stories Behind the Lens of Igor MattioChronicles

Two young men in a ruined coastal belvedere, Santa Marta, Colombia. Black and white silver gelatin print. One figure stands in the background facing a arched opening, looking upward, body relaxed and unaware. The other stands in the foreground at the edge of a second arch, one hand resting on the crumbling stone, looking directly into the camera. The structure around them is decaying — peeling ceiling, worn tile floor, eroded concrete. Through the openings: sea, mountains, a distant city. Neither figure performs for the lens. The light is even, the stillness absolute.

The Semantic Void

June 3, 2026

The Semantic Void. (A Question of Friction) I printed Skin and Under in Italy,...

Black and white photograph of six young men in swimwear gathered in the stone-paved courtyard of a Colombian finca, surrounded by whitewashed walls and tropical vegetation. Some stand, some crouch or sit. Their backs are mostly turned to the camera. The atmosphere is tense and unresolved.

The Courtyard

May 12, 2026

During a four-day shoot, something was said — aimed at the only woman in...

Bodies as Cultural Sites

April 3, 2026

I photograph bodies. But not the way that phrase usually lands. A body is...

Presence, No Compromise

January 18, 2026

I work with the body.Not to provoke, not to decorate, but to stay close...

Safety as Aesthetic | Contemporary Photography, Form & Fear

December 28, 2025

Bored of Very Serious Photography? Nothing on your skin. When I look at much...

CUBA — Skin and Grace – Project Introduction

December 6, 2025

Skin and Grace – Episode IThe Macho and the Muse Project Introduction I arrived...

Archaeology of Future Ruins The Proto-Digital Proletariat

September 3, 2025

Archaeology of Future Ruins The Proto-Digital Proletariat Sometimes I think my models belong to...

A Film? How the Idea Began

August 10, 2025

A Film? How the Idea Began The idea didn’t come from a storyboard or...

Possession. Now He’s Mine (Only for the Shot!)

May 16, 2025

Possession. Now He’s Mine (Only for the Shot!) What happens in the silent space...

Naked or Nude? Chiaroscuro, Not Chippendales

May 12, 2025

Naked or Nude? Chiaroscuro, Not Chippendales Recently, I found myself in a familiar debate...

AI Vs Real Connection

May 6, 2025

AI vs. Mosquito Massacre Recently, I exchanged a few comments about AI-generated images—after I...

Tell Me Lies: The Shot That Didn’t Work

May 3, 2025

Tell Me Lies I don’t call myself a photographer.I use a camera, but not...

Portrait of a young man in natural light, capturing a fleeting moment of vulnerability and quiet self-awareness.

The Ephemeral Beauty

April 23, 2025

The Ephemeral Beauty: Capturing What Time Cannot Hold Ephemeral Beauty: A question I frequently...

The Paradox of Vulnerability: Exposer vs. Exposed

April 4, 2025

The Paradox:In the creative process, particularly when arranging nude models in a composition, I...

Inflorescences. Andrés and the Agave

January 28, 2025

We were in the living room of my quarters at Suesca, in the old...

The Fallen One

November 10, 2024

The tattoo, a depiction of Lucifer’s fall from the eye of God, seemed to...

Cloth as Skin, Water as Light

January 17, 2024

We had been shooting since morning, the kind of relentless sun that leached the...

The Unspoken Narrative: Photography as Dialogue

December 27, 2023

I often forget the plot of a book or a movie just a few...