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Christmas 2025, a selfportrait

Photographer: Christian El Hélou

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Les Orifices De Monnot ( XXI ), 2022 - 2023

Photographer: Christian El Hélou

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photographer: Christian El Hélou

Undiesworld, 2025 (a selfportrait project)

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The Man in Mantilla (2025) is instigated by a paradox within the Catholic faith: the boastfulness of the virtue of humility among Catholic men. Though highly praised, this virtue has often served as a means of regulating women’s visibility and behavior.

Humility is traditionally portrayed through the simple symbol of the mantilla on a devoted woman’s head. Despite its feminine appearance, it bears the mark of male authority. Historically, men have determined who should be seen, covered, and obedient. This remains true to this day in some parts of the world, Lebanon among them.

By placing the mantilla on a man—whether symbolically or digitally—the work reverses this order and exposes the logic behind it. What appears as feminine piety is revealed as a structure of male power. The traditional male viewer is often either offended or estranged by this portrayal.

This symbolic image is iconoclastic in its very nature. Is the world today a perfect portrayal of venom being consumed by its own perpetrator?

Photographer: Christian El Hélou