These images are part of a typological work consisting of 107 photographs.
The front of a car in automotive design is conceived as its face, so in this series, I created the portrait of the car and indirectly that of its owner through the color, brand, model, any stickers, and signs of use.
To go further in the portrait of the car, the digital version includes the sound of each car’s engine, whenever possible. This reflects the idea of "what’s under the hood," even though sometimes the engine is at the rear; it still remains an important part of the car’s personality.

The retouching, on the other hand, is meant to clean the car by removing what visually disrupts. I don’t repair them, because that’s the soul of the car, but I simply aim to make it look as it “should be.” I like to compare my retouching to the Italian term Sprezzatura: the art of having a carefully crafted appearance while leaving some imperfect details. By their nature, these details affirm the image as a photograph and not as a drawing or 3D reconstruction.