Olympic Games

2011

The Olympic Games are series of self-portraits that explore the classical idea of virility (from the Greek) or what it means to be a man. Taking into account that virility is related to muscle, health and fitness, I began an extreme diet to modify my physical characteristics, lowering my weight and changing slightly its appearance.

All of the uniforms are custom made and fit perfectly the characteristics of my own body. In most of the images and their executions I reveal my limitations in performing some of the olympic sports, however when combining a fit body with custom made clothes I explore the idea of uncertainty with the projection of my figure, that leads to blur that boundary that excludes me from what is considered an average body.

The Olympic Games is a photographic project in which I question the use and abuse of a figure like my own for years, working with the projection of my body and forcing it to adjust to the body of what is considered an olympian athlete.