Benedetta Ristori is a visual artist whose photographic work often focuses on peripheral geographies, both literal and symbolic, where individual experience intersects with broader systems of history, care, and social change. Working primarily in portraiture and landscape photography, Ristori’s practice centers on long-term investigations.

In Lay Off (2015–ongoing), Ristori examines the nocturnal world of night-shift workers in Japan, revealing a parallel social reality that exists outside the visible rhythms of daytime life.  

East (2015–2018 book self-published in 2018), a photographic journey across the Balkan Peninsula, examines the lingering presence of history in the post-Yugoslav landscape, using architecture and territory as markers of fragmented identity and memory.

With Take Care (2018–2020) Ristori shifts her focus to the intimate realm of domestic labor, documenting the lives of migrant caregivers in Italy.  

Her recent series, You Don’t Need Soil To Grow (2021–2023 book published by The Eriskay Connection in 2024), considers Berlin as a living metaphor for transformation and rootedness, where urban space becomes a field of tension between permanence and flux.

Her work is exhibited in national and international exhibitions, including Scuderie del Quirinale, Triennale Milano, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Galerie Binome, Plato Gallery, Si Fest, and is published in magazines such as Repubblica, VICE, Bloomberg Businessweek, Die Zeit, Forbes, Document Journal, and Vogue Italia. She has worked commercially for clients like Uniqlo, Airbnb, Fendi, Nike, Action Aid International. 

Full CV on request: benedetta.ristori@gmail.com