Eugenio Recuneco's images remind me greatly of the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens:
Peter Paul Rubens, Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
Peter Paul Rubens, Massacre of the Innocents
Peter Paul Rubens, Arrival of Marie de Medici at Marseilles
Recuenco utilizes a mastery of light that is akin to that of Flemish painters whose reproduction of light on their canvases was (and still is, really) absolutely breathtaking. Both Rubens and Recuenco demonstrate how imperative good light is in an image. It sets a tone for the viewer and dictates partially how they are going to proceed in viewing the image. The images that I selected for Recuenco don't even begin to show his range in shooting style, they are simply the ones that I was most drawn to. I found this short bio that he'd written about himself and it gave me a little chuckle:
Eugenio Recuenco is a Spanish photographer who is a pain in the ass because he always insists on doing whatever he wants. He works for quite a number of clients both in the advertising and editorial fields all over the world who are also a pain in the ass, because they always want to do whatever they want. Out of these fights between hardheads it has been possible to rescue the images for this web site, some better, some worse, but made with lots of enthusiasm and with the support of a great team who refer to themselves as "The Eye of Frosker". The latter is an entity that has came to the earth to bother some and also to amuse some others. If you are one of the latter, stop fooling around and get in.
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