Jacopo Benassi's collection of eroticized slippers (artist's edition—10 booklets in a handmade wood box set).
“When I first found out about my homosexuality, the boy by whom I was attracted was wearing slippers. The oddest thing is that I was attracted by them more than I was by the guy himself. This book collects all the slippers I have used and treasured since then. It is a work about a part of my life, formerly private and now become public. They represent a significant element of my coming out.”
Jacopo Benassi
Edition of 1000 copies.
Jacopo Benassi (born 1970, lives and works in La Spezia, Italy) is one of the most prolific and talented Italian photographers. His work has the camera at its centre but he touches on languages such as performance, video, curating, and sound. He has collaborated for many years with the director Paolo Sorrentino, and has developped many projects with
Federico Pepe. He has worked with some of the most legendary international musicians of the international punk and post-punk scene. During his career he has worked, among the others, for
Rolling Stone,
Purple Magazine,
GQ,
Vice,
Wired,
ICON Panorama,
Riders, just to name a few.
