Benedetta Ristori

Benedetta Ristori, is a freelance photographer currently based in Rome, Italy. Her work focuses on the tension that exists between a form – such as a human head or a square – and the space which both occupy and are contained by. Crucial concepts of her stylistic research: decadence, abandonment, emptiness and new approach to classic beauty. Ristori has been interviewed by Vanity Fair – Style.it in the Emerging Photographers section, was a finalist of the ‘Next Photographer Award’ by D&AD in partnership with Getty Images, and was a winner of the People category in the 16th Smithsonian Magazine photo contest. Ristori's project, “Lay Off,” was selected by Vogue Italia for the photographic section Photostories. Lately, Ristori's series titled, "East," was published on It’s Nice That, Freunde Von Freunden, The Space Magazine, The Calvert Journal and others.