Wigs, corsets, epaulettes: Peruvian recreated the portraits of his ancestors-the aristocrats

37-year-old artist and photographer from Peru's Christian Fuchs admired his great pedigree, consisting of European and Latin American aristocrats. This topic is so fascinated that a man engaged in recreating the portraits of ancestors in every detail. As a model for all the portraits he uses himself.

First, Fuchs is studying the family letters, rare photos and family heirlooms, to better understand their ancestors and their characters. This is no easy task, given that many of them died in the XVIII century.

From concept to the final frame in each of the portraits may take a few months, and this includes the study of the history of their ancestors. Fuchs enlisted the help of a local jeweler, who helps him to make copies of the family jewels.

"I grew up surrounded by portraits and objects that belonged to five generations of my family. As a child I looked at the portraits and played with them. If I didn't know the names of the characters, I invented them. I remember staring at them for hours and felt like they look at me. Sometimes I talked with them, and apparently this led to the fact that I recreate," says the author of the photo project.

As soon as Fuchs ends the work on a detailed reconstruction of each portrait remains the final touch — insert the resulting work in the frame corresponding to the time period in which he lived, one or the other ancestor. This series of images — a great tribute to the past of his family, and if some of his characters were alive today, he would surely have been proud descendant.