Lorenzo Pesce/Contrasto

Lorenzo Pesce’s education as a photographer has taken him through some of the West’s greatest cities. After finishing his education in Rome in 1992 Lorenzo spent the following decade between Los Angeles, New York and London. An interest in photography grew into a passion in 1995 when Lorenzo moved to New York, where he took courses at ICP and SVA. He eventually became Stephen Barker’s assistant and went on to study at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Lorenzo was given his first personal exhibit, “Chiaroscuriamericani.” in 2001. Since then, his photographs have appeared in The Face, Los Angeles Magazine, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Seventeen, My Generation, The Economist, Time, Dwell and Men’s Journal. In 2003, the same year that he returned to Rome and joined Contrasto, Lorenzo was named one of the most interesting young photographers in the industry by PDN. At Contrasto, Lorenzo has focused on intimate portraits, some of the most notable among them are contained in his feature story “Eurogeneration,” which documents the latest generation to come of age in Europe.