Jofetto

JO FETTO

Be My Nest (London, 2020) is a photobook investigating the relationship between subconscious and domestic spaces; intimacy and those places which allow us to be intimate.

The photographic investigation began in Naples, evolving into self-discovery beyond physical and geographic bounds— from Neapolitan Femminielli and staged rooms, to queer scenes in Milan and London, travels in India and Peru, and intimate moments during lockdown. The result is a naive yet bold view of a world acting as a shield in uncertain times, a coming-of-age story mirrored by the lens's delicacy and a velvet hardback cover.

The book is permeated by a gentle, underlying sense of melancholy that accompanies Jo Fetto’s nests: people, places, communities, ethereal moments that offer empathy and refuge from the hectic pace of everyday life. It’s an ode to their safe spaces; a celebration of the family that gave them life and an homage to the one that have kept them alive.

 Following its launch at Printed Matter in New York on Valentine’s Day 2023, the book has been acquired by NYU and Pratt University for their collection.

Currently stocked at Donlon Books, Tenderbooks (London); Printed Matter, Dashwood Books (NYC).

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