Contrasto
Francesca Ferretti
fferretti@contrasto.it
+39 06 3282 8214
Born in Pordenone – Italy. Balsamini moved to Los Angeles in 2008, where he began his studies at Brooks Institute of Photography with a concentration in advertising photography. In 2010 he began working at David LaChapelle’s studio as a studio assistant and archivist. In 2011, after obtaining a BA with honorable mention, he returned to Italy. He has been teaching photography at IUAV University of Venice as well as photographing extensively technology and its sociological implications – focusing on work as a factor of identity of man. Over the years he has carried out personal and editorial projects for institutions such as MIT, NASA and the Institute of Forensic Medicine University of Zurich. His attention concentrates on the notion of work and scientific research as an identity factor for human kind. His images reveal interest in people, their stories and the functional aspects of technology. His images have been exhibited at the Milan Triennale, MAXXI, the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation, and the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco. He is currently represented by the photo agency Contrasto.
Selected clients and publications include:
Apple, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Die Zeit, Domus, Enel, Eni, Esquire, Fendi, Financial Times, Fondazione Prada, GQ, GEO, Icon, Internazionale, Liberation, M Le Magazine du Monde, M&C Saatchi, Mercedes Benz, Moncler, Monocle, Nike, TIME, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Tyssenkrup, Politecnico di Milano, Puma, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Sky, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Wallpaper*, WIRED.









Gextophoto, Festival Internacional de Imagen, Spain
Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Galleria Harry Bertoia, Pordenone, Italy
Museo MAXXI, Rome, Italy
Villa Filanda Antonini, Treviso, Italy
PhEst, Monopoli, Italy
La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
Marsèll Paradise, Milan, Italy
Spazio Punch, Venice, Italy
Cortona On The Move, Cortona, Italy
Photolux, Lucca, Italy
Fonderia Napoleonica, Milan, Italy
Ferrara, Italy
Page Blanche, Paris, France
Casa Giorgione, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
Corte di Genova, Prato, Italy
Istituto Italiano Cultura, San Francisco, USA
Leica Galerie, Milan, Italy
MAXXI, Rome, Italy
La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
Centro di Ricerca ed Archiviazione Fotografica, Spilimbergo, Italy
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
T14 Gallery, Milan, Italy
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Stazione Rogers, Trieste, Italy
Parco 2, Pordenone, Italy
Villa Manin, Udine, Italy
S. Vito al Tagliamento, Pordenone, Italy
Tese dell’Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Due Fiumi, Sacile, Italy
Contrasto
Francesca Ferretti
fferretti@contrasto.it
+39 06 3282 8214






























