The Yago Partal Defragmentados series depicts the figure of a man with a specific focus upon the body parts. The topless male is displayed cut up via holes and splices, enabling him to come across as entirely transparent within each image.
Partal is a photographer based in Barcelona. He manipulates his subjects via digital tools, distorting his images as he sees fit. The notion of feeling incomplete is central to the Defragmentados project. His cut outs are thus emblematic of this greater theme which is largely at play in Partal's portfolio, getting at these emotions in a literal sense as he renders the otherwise full bodies to be missing crucial components, among them eyes and various limbs.
Literally Chopped Male Portraits
The Yago Partal Defragmentados Series Displays Spliced Humans
Trend Themes
1. Spliced Humans - Opportunities in creating new visual art projects that distort and fragment human figures.
2. Digital Manipulation - Innovations in using digital tools to distort images in new and creative ways.
3. Emphasis on Fragmentation - Innovations in representing and exploring themes of incompleteness and missing components in art and photography.
Industry Implications
1. Photography - Opportunities in exploring new techniques of digitally manipulating images to create new forms of art.
2. Graphic Design - Opportunities in employing digital manipulation techniques to create visually-compelling graphic designs.
3. Fine Arts - Innovations in exploring themes of incompleteness and fragmentation in fine art projects such as sculpture and installation art.