Federica Sasso,
Photographer based in Milan
2019-2020. Battle Royale. Long-term research on the relationship between gaming, self- representation and body language. No styling or tips on posing. (Right: Individual avatars from Fortnite, 2019. Below: Gestures, disorders and gamers, 2020.)
From addiction to empowerment, from entertainment to gaming disease, this project showcases video games players as subjects and authors of their own stories and images. Pointing out the individuals' consciousness of their body, I aim to grasp the plurality of their constructed images in the social media era, from photographic self-portraits to their avatars.
2016-2019. Post-Adolescence. This project is a result of an observation of teenagers, portraying their behaviour as part of a group, as well as their individual fears and dreams. From schools, parks and social life to bedrooms, bathrooms and smartphones, Post Adolescence documents their journey to the adult life. (Below: Installation views. Looking on at MAR Ravenna; Raconte-moi une historie. Jeune photographie italienne at Italian Institute of Culture Paris, 2019).
2020. Casa Borbonese special project
2019-2020. Aphasia. Ongoing research on how to approach physical and mental illness through family archives. My grandmother started suffering from aphasia in 2005, aged 60. These images are meant to metaphorically visualize the verbal language she has lost due to the inability to speak. But then something stays in the memory.
Aphasia is an inability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. It affects auditory comprehension, verbal expression, reading and writing, and functional communication. (Above: Stills and glitches from family film footages, 2019).
2019. Left. Piero Gandini and Flos for Rivista Studio issue 38. Right. Takeshi Iwai for Esquire Italia issue 5.
2019-2020. Left. Spreads from FIFA World Cup 2020 for Rivista Undici issue 32. Right. Writer Sally Rooney cover story for D La Repubblica.
2019. Left. Luca Benini and Slam Jam headquarters for Rivista Studio issue 39. Right. Moise Kean cover story for Rivista Undici issue 30.
2016-2017. Sick Sad Blue. 1st edition (Fabrica, 2017) sold out. Based on the creative research and friendship with clairenough, a woman in her early twenties with a five-year history of anorexia. Research on the relationship between eating disorders and social media. (Right: Collection of selfies, photos and words clairenough daily posted about herself on social media, primarily Instagram and Facebook, 2016-2017. Below: First handmade diary- photobook dummy, 2016.)
Federica Sasso,
Photographer based in Milan
2019-2020. Battle Royale. Long-term research on the relationship between gaming, self- representation and body language. No styling or tips on posing. (Right: Individual avatars from Fortnite, 2019. Below: Gestures, disorders and gamers, 2020.)
From addiction to empowerment, from entertainment to gaming disease, this project showcases video games players as subjects and authors of their own stories and images. Pointing out the individuals' consciousness of their body, I aim to grasp the plurality of their constructed images in the social media era, from photographic self-portraits to their avatars.
2016-2019. Post-Adolescence. This project is a result of an observation of teenagers, portraying their behaviour as part of a group, as well as their individual fears and dreams. From schools, parks and social life to bedrooms, bathrooms and smartphones, Post Adolescence documents their journey to the adult life. (Below: Installation views. Looking on at MAR Ravenna; Raconte-moi une historie. Jeune photographie italienne at Italian Institute of Culture Paris, 2019).
2020. Casa Borbonese special project
2019-2020. Aphasia. Ongoing research on how to approach physical and mental illness through family archives. My grandmother started suffering from aphasia in 2005, aged 60. These images are meant to metaphorically visualize the verbal language she has lost due to the inability to speak. But then something stays in the memory.
Aphasia is an inability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. It affects auditory comprehension, verbal expression, reading and writing, and functional communication. (Above: Stills and glitches from family film footages, 2019).
2019. Takeshi Iwai for Esquire Italia issue 5.
2019. Piero Gandini and Flos for Rivista Studio issue 38
2019-2020. Spreads from FIFA World Cup 2020 for Rivista Undici issue 32.
2019-2020. Writer Sally Rooney cover story for D La Repubblica.
2019. Luca Benini and Slam Jam headquarters for Rivista Studio issue 39.
2019. Moise Kean cover story for Rivista Undici issue 30.
2016-2017. Sick Sad Blue. 1st edition (Fabrica, 2017) sold out. Based on the creative research and friendship with clairenough, a woman in her early twenties with a five-year history of anorexia. Research on the relationship between eating disorders and social media. (Right: Collection of selfies, photos and words clairenough daily posted about herself on social media, primarily Instagram and Facebook, 2016-2017. Below: First handmade diary- photobook dummy, 2016.)