Book of the Nephilim: Photography by Fernando Carpaneda

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Book of the Nephilim
Photography by Fernando Carpaneda — Paperback, November 23, 2025

Book of the Nephilim is a ferocious visual testament from queer artist Fernando Carpaneda—a raw, unsettling, and myth-soaked exploration of rebellion, desire, and divine defiance. Shot across abandoned buildings, forgotten tunnels, and derelict city ruins, this collection blurs the line between photography and digital alchemy, creating a world where fallen angels occupy the edges of civilization and turn their exile into power.

Starring model Chuck Klein, the Nephilim appear not as pristine divine beings, but as outcasts drenched in shadow and myth—figures who confront judgment, break expectation, and reclaim the freedom of choosing Earth over Heaven. Each image is transformed through Carpaneda’s signature process—layers of color, grit, distortion, and punk sensibility—into a haunting archive of beings who refuse to fall in line.

Carpaneda’s work has long centered queer bodies, queer rebellion, and queer resilience. Book of the Nephilim continues that tradition, offering a bold visual gospel for those who live outside the boundaries of the expected. These angels are symbols of survival, resistance, and unapologetic identity—bearing the marks of struggle and the fire of liberation.

This is not simply a photobook.
This is a modern apocalypse rendered in art—a meditation on what it means to fall, to rise, and to exist beyond the reach of anyone’s rules.

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