Gay rodeo, underwater striptease, snow polo and a religious theme park. These are some of the strangest and incongruous fringe cultures and phenomena explored in photographic project ‘Hybrids’.
The book and exhibition catalogues the undiscovered areas on the cultural map from the techno hippies at Burning Man festival to a strangely seductive underground garden in Tokyo. This sociological documentation (shot from 2003 to 2007) celebrates the diversity and unconventionality of these hybrids while portraying an extraordinary range of contemporary individuals.
The vast majority of the photographs in Hybrids are original work, produced exclusively for the book, which has taken shape through the author’s travels and interactions with his subjects. Photographed in destinations such as Santiago de Chile, Tokyo, Los Angles, Beijing, Miami, St Moritz, Cape Town, and Amsterdam, this uncompromising and blunt collection is composed of shots from all over the globe. But despite their disparate origins, the subjects are all hybrids.
Klaus Thymann lives in London and works as a professional photographer and filmmaker. He shoots for prestigious international clients and premium magazines, assignments that take him all over the world.
