Anthropological Portraits was born from the desire to restore to portraiture its deepest dimension: not as a simple representation of the face, but as an experience of encounter between the individual and the viewer’s gaze.

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The project is grounded in direct observation and in a relational process built through dialogue, shared time, and close attention to gestures, movements, and the objects chosen by each subject. In these elements, thought, emotion, and identity are revealed.

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From each person emerge four works — three charcoal drawings and one oil portrait — allowing a progressive exploration from volume to surface, from structure to final presence.

The series proposes portraiture as a space of truth and attentive listening, where the precision of pictorial realism is combined with a contemplative practice, inviting a slow and authentic experience of the human being.

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Here you can explore some of the subjects presented so far. New works are introduced periodically, inviting ongoing reflection on each individual’s presence.