{"id":1552,"date":"2024-06-26T14:59:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igormattio.com\/?page_id=1552"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:17:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:17:42","slug":"skin-and-under-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/igormattio.com\/en\/skin-and-under-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"SKIN, and Under &#8211; The Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1552\" class=\"elementor elementor-1552\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11db7bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11db7bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b6f9cb\" data-id=\"0b6f9cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-495e091 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"495e091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/artfineline.com\/artworks\/skin-and-under-evolving-young-machos-or-not-by-igor-mattio\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/b3858420.smushcdn.com\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SkinAndUnder-Cover-IG-854x1024.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6665 not-transparent\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b3858420.smushcdn.com\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SkinAndUnder-Cover-IG-854x1024.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 854w, https:\/\/b3858420.smushcdn.com\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SkinAndUnder-Cover-IG-250x300.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 250w, https:\/\/b3858420.smushcdn.com\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SkinAndUnder-Cover-IG-768x920.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b3858420.smushcdn.com\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SkinAndUnder-Cover-IG-1282x1536.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1282w, https:\/\/b3858420.smushcdn.com\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SkinAndUnder-Cover-IG-10x12.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 10w, https:\/\/b3858420.smushcdn.com\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SkinAndUnder-Cover-IG.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1602w, https:\/\/b3858420.smushcdn.com\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SkinAndUnder-Cover-IG.jpg?size=162x194&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 162w, https:\/\/b3858420.smushcdn.com\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SkinAndUnder-Cover-IG.jpg?size=324x388&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 324w, https:\/\/b3858420.smushcdn.com\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SkinAndUnder-Cover-IG.jpg?size=487x584&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 487w, https:\/\/b3858420.smushcdn.com\/3858420\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SkinAndUnder-Cover-IG.jpg?size=649x778&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"5e5c5d\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5e5c5d\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef369d5\" data-id=\"ef369d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8eb7f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8eb7f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Skin. And Under. Evolving Young Machos. Or Not.\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc0615a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc0615a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Igor Mattio<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8949c75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8949c75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><em>SKIN, and Under<\/em> moves through territories \u2014 geographic, cultural, bodily \u2014 in search of masculinity as it actually lives: unperformed, unannounced, rooted in specific soil and light and habit.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The project photographs men in the places that shaped them. Not against backdrops, not extracted from context, but inside it \u2014 in the landscape, the architecture, the climate of their own belonging. The sessions are staged, but what is sought is natural: the posture a man carries without thinking, the ease or tension in his skin, the way he holds space when no performance is required.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">252 pages. 191 photographs. Five writers each invited to choose an image and write their own fiction from it \u2014 not to illustrate, but to generate something independent. The image as prompt, not document.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Nudity here is neither performative nor provocative, but instinctive \u2014 a quiet fact of skin. Silver gelatin prints, made by hand in the darkroom, slow the image down, insisting on materiality: the body is not a concept but a physical fact.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Published by Artfineline, 2025. $98 + shipping.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5732539 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5732539\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/artfineline.com\/artworks\/skin-and-under-evolving-young-machos-or-not-by-igor-mattio\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">ORDER HERE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-219294b elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"219294b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">How to Order<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">Click on the cover image to be redirected to Artfineline's site. All major cards accepted.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"elementor-alert-dismiss\" aria-label=\"Dismiss this alert.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e459064 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e459064\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92216a0 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"92216a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a71376 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a71376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Excerpt from the Book\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e29e043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e29e043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Medellin, March 2024<br \/><br \/>As I step into the arrivals hall, the hum of Spanish conversations surrounds me, pulling me back to childhood travels. Snippets about missed flights and reunions carry both familiarity and unease\u2014an emotion I\u2019ve known since I was young.<\/p><p>This isn\u2019t just another trip. Colombia has lived in my imagination for decades. Sweat trickles down my back as my friend\u2019s question echoes: <em>\u201cWhat the hell did you take on this project for?\u201d<\/em> The boldness of my endeavor hits me. I\u2019ve navigated Afghan markets and Soviet checkpoints, yet this feels different.<\/p><p>The young men I\u2019ve come to photograph\u2014familiar and foreign, raw and layered. Can I capture their truth? Language is just a beginning; the real challenge is unspoken\u2014dreams, contradictions, complexities. My camera speaks universally, but will it be fluent enough?<\/p><p>David\u2019s warm smile snaps me out of my thoughts. \u201cIgor!\u201d he calls, pulling me into an embrace that smells of cologne and something distinctly Colombian. David was my anchor during the January trip\u2014an indispensable guide and a trusted companion through unfamiliar terrain. His presence here steadies me once again. He introduces Richar, Juan Sebastian from Bucaramanga, and Jhojan from Cali. Their youth strikes me\u2014they\u2019re not just subjects; they carry stories, waiting to be heard.<\/p><p>The drive is punctuated by reggaeton, the green landscape unfolding to its rhythm. Juan\u2019s music choice feels like my teenage years, yet this isn\u2019t my world\u2014it\u2019s theirs. The finca looms, grand and old, as tension builds. Months of planning, ethical debates, and doubt culminate in this moment. The owner checks legal age; we show documents and proceed.<\/p><p>Under a night sky heavy with jasmine, we sit around an iron table, lanterns casting shadows on our faces. Cicadas hum, beer bottles cool my hands. Stories unravel\u2014cam model shifts, manipulative bosses, bitter laughs. Richar speaks of 8-hour shifts; Juan of deceptive studios. Their youthful faces clash with harsh realities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Skin. And Under. Evolving Young Machos. Or Not.&#8221; By Igor Mattio SKIN, and Under moves through territories \u2014 geographic, cultural, bodily \u2014 in search of masculinity as it actually lives: unperformed, unannounced, rooted in specific soil and light and habit. The project photographs men in the places that shaped them. 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