Jacopo Benassi was born in 1970 in La Spezia, where he lives and works. A photographer and artist, over the years he has developed a personal style in which depth of field is eliminated and flash light becomes a signature, a stylistic constraint that Benassi imposes on his own work in order to achieve raw, unmediated photographs. The subjects of his images are highly varied, a multi-faceted humanity that spans from international music and underground culture – starting with the experience of the B-Tomic club, run by the photographer himself – to portraits of models, actresses, artists and stylists published in some of Italy’s most important magazines, right through to the exploration of the body, ranging from self-portraits to the documentation of sexual encounters and ancient statuary. Benassi is also occasionally a performer and musician. His experimentation with performance is linked to music through the medium of photographic images. His recent solo shows include: MATRICE, Fondazione Carispezia, La Spezia (2022); PAST, Francesca Minini, Milan (2021); VUOTO, Centro Pecci, Prato (2020); CRACK, CAMERA, Turin and at the Fotografia Europea festival, Reggio Emilia (2019); Portraits, Palazzo Bentivoglio, Bologna. In 2011 he launched Talkinass - Paper and Records, producing magazines and live CDs. As an independent publisher, he has released limited editions of live publications and magazines at Palais de Tokyo, Paris. He has taken part in events such as No Soul for Sale, curated by M. Cattelan and M. Gioni, Tate Modern (London, 2010).