Encounter
Silvia Rosi
Silvia Rosi is an artist from Scandiano, living and working between London and Modena. She graduated from London College of Communication in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in Photography. Her work retraces her personal family history drawing on her Togolaise heritage, and the idea of origins. The theme of family is explored through self-portraits in which she plays her mother and father, narrating their experience of migration from Togo to Italy. Her images are partially informed by the West African studio portrait tradition.
This body of work has been originally commissioned through the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards, supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Photoworks.
Silvia Rosi is an artist from Scandiano, living and working between London and Modena. She graduated from London College of Communication in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in Photography.
Her work retraces her personal family history drawing on her Togolaise heritage, and the idea of origins. The theme of family is explored through self-portraits in which she plays her mother and father, narrating their experience of migration from Togo to Italy. Her images are partially informed by the West African studio portrait tradition.