The Cool Couple is a duo founded in Milan at the end of 2012 by Niccolò Benetton (1986) and Simone Santilli (1987). Their multidisciplinary research focuses on points of friction within the processes of image production, circulation, and consumption, employing languages that range from photography and electrostatic cloths to meditation rooms and Chinese cover bands. Their work has been exhibited at CCC Strozzina, Florence; Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice; Les Rencontres d’Arles; Unseen Photography Festival, Amsterdam; Centquatre, Paris; MACRO Rome; MAMbo Bologna; Museo del Novecento, Milan; Galleria Civica di Trento; and City Gallery, Wellington. Their distinctions include the Francesco Fabbri Prize for Contemporary Photography (2014), the Graziadei Prize (2015), the ArtVerona Under 40 Photography Prize (2017), the Johannesburg Prize (2019), and the 8th edition of the Italian Council (2020).