(H)ombres

Shadows on male forms, male forms in shadows -- these are the subjects of (H)OMBRES, a book by Lithuanian-born, Luxembourg-based photographer Arnoldas Kubilius. The title of his first book fuses the Spanish word "hombres' meaning men with the French word for shadows, "ombres". The hard-cover book, which combines dreamy images of bodies drowning in luscious colours with raw, carnal close-ups, has been co-created by the Netherlands-based British designer Jake Noakes. (H)OMBRES also features an essay by American photographer Connie Imboden who has spent half a century investigating, as she puts it, "the raw seduction of flesh'