Da Vinci meets Americas Midwest in this surreal renaissance repair shop shoot
- This photographer combined the Renaissance with the American Midwest
- He got mechanics to recreate paintings from the era
- The work of Michelangelo and Da Vinci was recreated
Published on May 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM (UTC+4)
by Ben Thompson
Last updated on May 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
This photographer brought Da Vinci and America’s Midwest together in a surreal renaissance repair shop shoot.
Freddy Fabris recreated iconic paintings in a working auto-shop setting.
From Michelangelo to Da Vinci, all the famous artists of the era were represented.
The Renaissance Series is a remarkable blend of old and new.
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Cars and art go together a lot better than you might think.
One artist in Texas gave a 1957 Chevy Bel Air a makeover – and won so many competitions with it that car shows started banning it!
Another artist in Amsterdam roamed the streets of the city turning strangers’ cars into supercars.
In Qatar, a calligrapher was invited to paint directly onto a $200,000 Bentley Bentayga at a festival.
And who could forget the time a group of creatives made a full-size Ferrari sculpture out of ice?
That’s not even mentioning cars that are so pretty that they might as well be art, like John Lennon’s Rolls-Royce Phantom V.
But in the case of Freddy Fabris’ photo collection, The Renaissance Series, it was the men who fix cars that were the center of attention.
The series, compiled in 2014, had mechanics posed up to replicate iconic Renaissance paintings.
Fabris is a huge admirer of classical art and came up with the idea whilst visiting an auto shop.
He saw parallels between the craftmanship of artists and mechanics, and decided to blend the two together.
Paintings like Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper and Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam are among those recreated.
Initially, Fabris was emailing the photos to colleagues within the ad community.
But after The Huffington Post covered it, it quickly went viral.
For Fabris, this was a new experience.
“You can do great commercial work, but you are never going to get an email [from someone] on how much they love your commercial work,” Fabris told Professional Photographer Magazine.
“Not from England or Kentucky, saying, ‘My dad was a mechanic and I saw your images and I just love them.’
“That’s a really good feeling.”
To see more of Fabris’ work, follow him on Instagram or visit his website.
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