In Search of Appropriate Images by Mattia Balsamini

A collection of works by Italian photographer Mattia Balsamini.

This book is a series created by Balsamini, who was forced to spend most of his day in his own studio due to the effects of COVID-19, looking back at his past photographs and his own archives. recorded. The process is recreated using a special structure that divides the work into two blocks.

"This series of work began around early March 2020. I was driven by the urge to use the time that was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic to learn something. For me, my hometown and the surrounding lands have always consisted of a strange mix of the known and the unknown, and the most comfortable way to explore its environment is usually It's about taking into account both sides of things like, looking close and looking far, little by little, these pictures are difficult and surreal, and I'm not sure we'll be alive a year from now. It was like training your eyes to find meaning in objects, moods and thoughts that have always attracted you.”- Mattia Balsamini

First edition 750 copies.

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Title: In Search of Appropriate Images
Artist: Mattia Balsamini
Skinnerboox, 2021
Hardcover with two blocks
190 x 265 mm, 160 pages
Designed by THINK WORK OBSERVE
First edition of 750 copies
ISBN: 978-88-94895-42-1
¥5,500 + tax

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