These works, many of which are unpublished and selected for the 2023 catalogue, are part of the “Italian Vegan Men” project. All the subjects photographed and chosen by the artist are not professional models, in common they have the choice of a vegan diet, sport, a healthy lifestyle and they are all Italian.

The search for models lasted about 2 years from 2015 to 2017, in which the photographer traveled throughout Italy from north to south to take photos.

Elisabetta Xsavar was the first photographer in the history of art to create a book and a photographic project of male artistic nudes with vegan and sports models who build their muscles naturally and following an ethical plant-based diet thus dispelling many prejudices. With her art she has brought public attention to constructive discussions on many important issues such as the protection of nature, food and ecological pollution, respect for animals and the awareness and conscience of who we really are in relation to the environment that hosts us.

The body is understood by the artist as a temple of the soul and as the only means we have to live life on Earth and must therefore be cared for and respected inside and out: “Mens sana in corpore sano” (“healthy mind in healthy body”)

In fact, man with his lifestyle is leading himself and other creatures to Extinction and unprecedented environmental disasters. The works call for a proactive reflection and invite a profound change and the reunification of man with Nature and therefore with oneself.

Nudity is an intrinsic value in the works of Elisabetta Xsavar.

Italian Vegan Men is a photographic project that causes much discussion and is already history.

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