Rafael Navarro’s work started in the late 60s as a way of escaping reality, as a therapy to release the pressure form his responsibilities; photography was his last resort. But it is not until the 70s when his first series were first published. They were unusually modern for the time, and the way he interpreted the human body gave them a new meaning. Ever since, his work has always expanded to new directions, but, in some way or another, the nude, the skin of a woman’s body, were the center of the creation. Now, more than 30 years later, his work is still modern, not only in the way he approaches photography, but also in the meanings given to each and every image produced.

Along his extensive career, we can pin point several stages:

  (1985-present): After this period he resumed his nude photography. He came back to where he had always been. Even in the diptychs we can see the not that far influences of his previous work. Dividing Navarro’s work is not an easy question; he has solidly worked around themes that have always been present no matter the size, the technique or the assignment. From the 90s on, his work has increased in size and abstraction. He has also developed other subjects such as nature, landscape and pure geometric abstraction. But over all, what we can say, is that he has definitely rediscovered the human body in its multiple forms.
His images are hand made, from the beginning to the end. Excepting the biggest sizes, his prints are made by him, in a traditional black and white laboratory. He has not included the digital flow in his work so far.

拉菲尔•纳瓦罗于1940年生于萨拉戈萨。他最初对摄影感兴趣是在70年代，并开始涉足新闻，戏剧和体育摄影。最后，他被造型艺术所吸引并由此发展出最具个人风格的表达方式。纳瓦罗去年底曾于北京举办了在中国的首次个展。据悉，本月在上海将再次的展览他的作品。

特别感谢：MS Angelica Soleiman提供资料。