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Fabini is a photographer and visual artist whose work explores human identity in relation to territory. He has published two reference books, Gauchos (2012) and Cowboys of the Americas (2016). His work has been exhibited in museums and cultural institutions worldwide, including NAMOC (China), Casa de América (Spain), The White Museum (Canada), and Le Palais des Nations, United Nations Museum (Switzerland), as well as across the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. His body of work spans Gauchos, Cowboys of the Americas, Harvest, Orientales, Workers, and Zen.

“For me, identity is never fixed. It is shaped by our relationship to the land, to work, and to the choices we make in response to them. The environment forms us, but we also leave our mark on it. The faces I photograph hold this tension, rooted in history, yet open to transformation.

I seek people connected to the land because I have always been uprooted. I searched for myself through Zen, through discipline, and later through a return to the physical world. We seek what we lack. Absence creates movement. That search is not abstract. It is lived.

My work is born from that need. Photography becomes a way of ordering inner chaos through contact with the world, of finding roots when none were given. These images do not simply document lives; they trace a bridge between what I am and what I continue to seek.” _ Fabini

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TALKS

Fabini gives talks on photography, land, and identity, drawing from decades documenting rural cultures

His presentations explore the relationship between people, land, and tradition through projects such as Cowboys of the Americas, Harvests, Archetypes and Zen.

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