Eugenio Recuenco is a photographer from Madrid, Spain, who works mostly in the publishing and advertising fields. His style has been described to as "cinematographic" and "pictorial" and has been featured in magazines such as Vogue, Madame Figaro and Twill. I'm not a big fan of photography, don't get me it has its place, I supposed I was spoiled as a kid when I discovered the works of photographers like Arbus, Weegee, Cartier-Bresson and Cindy Sherman. Asides the greats I have a penchant for Magic Realism – for the want of a better word – capturing a moment that ascends and supersedes the familiarity of everyday life.
I've been meaning to feature these photos by Eugenio Recuenco for a while now, I really think a few movie directors out there should take some tips from this guy, his attention for both detail and most vitally mood, the sense of light and drama and the disturbing angle on "feasting" – a mixture sexualized mixture of horror and erotica with tinges of Buñuel, Dali and De Sade that really floored me the first time I saw these. In fact for a moment or two I thought they were oil paintings. He dresses the sets with the same meticulous detail of Cindy Sherman, drawing your eye throughout the visual space.
If anyone has the potential to movie over to the big screen it's this guy, he's already worked on plenty of advertising campaigns, filming for clients like Loreal and GQ. I do have a habit of predicting the success of others and I'd say that Recuenco is most definitely on the radar. Click on the pics to see them close up…
I'd love to see the same kind of lavish treatment given to more contemporary subjects such as the torture of detainees throughout the Iraq/Afghanistan invasion. Who knows what this guy will do next, whatever it is, I'm sure it will be just as fascinating if not more.
The work of Eugenio is truly outstanding. Same here, my interest in photography has only been awakened recently! Apart from the great classics you mentioned, I recently discovered the works of Eric Poitevin and Andrew Moore.
I will definitely keep Eugenio in my mind!
Thanks Sophie – glad to have brought you something new.