(H)OMBRES

Shadows on male forms, male forms in shadows -- these are the subjects of (H)OMBRES, a self-published book by Lithuanian-born, Luxembourg-based photographer Arnoldas Kubilius.

The title of his first book fuses the Spanish word "hombres” meaning men with the French word for shadows, "ombres".

The hard-cover book, which combines dreamy images of bodies drowning in luscious colours with raw, carnal close-ups, has been co-created by the Netherlands-based British designer Jake Noakes.

(H)OMBRES also features an essay by American photographer Connie Imboden who has spent half a century investigating, as she puts it, "the raw seduction of flesh”.