Shadows on male forms, male forms in shadows — these are the subjects of (H)ombres, a book by Lithuanian-born, Luxembourg-based photographer Arnoldas Kubilius. The title of this 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 (51 photographs in total), has been co-created by the Netherlands-based British designer Jake Noakes.

(H)ombres also features an insightful essay by the American photographer Connie Imboden who has herself spent half a century investigating, as she herself puts it, the raw seduction of flesh. [publisher’s words]