What do you get when you take a Renaissance-loving photographer to an old Midwest car shop?

A hilarious but super classy series of auto mechanics recreating Renaissance paintings, of course.

US-based photographer Freddy Fabris happened to stumble across an auto-mechanic shop when he was inspired to take photographs of the auto mechanics to pay homage to the great Renaissance masters. Fabris says he had always been interested in translating painting into photography. “I wanted to respect the look and feel of the originals, but needed to come up with the conceptual twist that would create a new layer to the original,” Fabris told the Huffington Post. The result is pretty darn awesome.

Behold ‘The Renaissance Series,’ along with the original paintings:

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

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Source: Freddy Fabris

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Source: ダヴィンチの小部屋

The Anatomy Lesson by Rembrandt

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Source: Freddy Fabris

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Source: American Girl Art Club in Paris

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

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Source: Freddy Fabris

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Source: MILANOSTYLE.com

Rembrandt-inspired portraits

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Source: Freddy Fabris

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Source: Freddy Fabris

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Source: Freddy Fabris

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Source: Freddy Fabris

See the full series here!


By - grape Japan editorial staff.