Robert L. Peters

7 April 2013

Wilder Mann

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(expect the unexpected)

French photographer Charles Fréger traveled to eighteen countries, investigating ancient tribal customs, and shooting portraits of ‘Europe’s Wild Men.’ See many more images (with explanatory captions) here.

“It all started by drinking too much “Primitivo” wine during the opening of one of my exhibitions,” says Fréger, “I decided to work on something primitive… seems that wine made the right effect to me.”

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