Charles freger

Max Campbell writes about the photographer Charles Fréger’s “YOKAINOSHIMA,” in which he catalogues the monsters, or Yokai, of Japanese folklore.

Armagh Rhymers on Instagram: “#wildermann - photo shoot for #Freger (Charles Freger). Charles normally pictures one performer at a time but we had plenty of volunteers…”

France-based photographer Charles Fréger visited 19 countries and more than 50 villages to capture these strangely dressed animals.

For two years in 2010 and 2011, Charles Fréger criss-crossed Europe from north to south, from Finland to Portugal, passing through Romania, Germany and Slovenia, in search of the figure of the savage as it survives in local popular traditions. These images, like archetypes, half-man half-beast, animal or vegetable, resurface from the depths of time

For two years in 2010 and 2011, Charles Fréger criss-crossed Europe from north to south, from Finland to Portugal, passing through Romania, Germany and Slovenia, in search of the figure of the savage as it survives in local popular traditions. These images, like archetypes, half-man half-beast, animal or vegetable, resurface from the depths of time

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For two years in 2010 and 2011, Charles Fréger criss-crossed Europe from north to south, from Finland to Portugal, passing through Romania, Germany and Slovenia, in search of the figure of the savage as it survives in local popular traditions. These images, like archetypes, half-man half-beast, animal or vegetable, resurface from the depths of time