Auto mechanics pay homage to the legendary Renaissance painters

August 19, 2016 9:12 PM

American photographer Freddy Fabris created unusual versions of famous Renaissance paintings.
posted by Confess, Fletch (13 comments total)

Of course, Metafilter has it's own version. :)
posted by pjern at 9:24 PM on August 19, 2016 [12 favorites]

I really love this.
posted by bleep at 9:34 PM on August 19, 2016 [1 favorite]

I gasped. These are gorgeous. Holy crap.
posted by Hermione Granger at 10:10 PM on August 19, 2016

This is way better than it should be. Love it.
posted by bongo_x at 10:34 PM on August 19, 2016 [1 favorite]

I love the beards they're wearing. Most of those are fake, of course.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 10:46 PM on August 19, 2016

/r/AccidentalRenaissance
posted by sebastienbailard at 1:36 AM on August 20, 2016 [4 favorites]

These are wonderful. I wanted to see more.
posted by kinnakeet at 3:40 AM on August 20, 2016 [1 favorite]

I often drive past this gorgeous circa-1920s three-bay garage that's still used as an auto repair shop. On one occasion, very late at night, the center bay door was wide open. Gathered around a small card table, brilliantly lit by fluorescent shop lighting and framed by a couple cars with their hoods propped up, were about a half-dozen mechanics playing poker.

I've been by there many times since at varying hours and I've yet to see another poker game. I can only conclude that either the game must rotate between garages, or those players were all ghosts.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 3:54 AM on August 20, 2016 [6 favorites]

These are great. I like how they manage the odd postures in some of the paintings, notably the last one.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 3:58 AM on August 20, 2016

RonButNotStupid, those were weremechanics. During the day they're dogs playing poker.
posted by 1adam12 at 6:00 AM on August 20, 2016 [10 favorites]

These are gorgeous --- are there more, oh please yes?!?
posted by easily confused at 8:36 AM on August 20, 2016

Yeah, these are just lovely. I now want to see the same series of photos for various professions.
posted by maxwelton at 10:29 AM on August 20, 2016

Wonderful! Thanks for posting!
posted by Quietgal at 2:00 PM on August 21, 2016