Lucia Nimcová
Lucia Nimcová (born 11 November 1977) is a Slovak photographer.
Also recorded as Lucia Nimcova
Lucia Nimcová
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- Born
- 11 November 1977
- Birthplace
- Humenné, Czechoslovakia
- Education
- Opava School of Photography Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Spouse
- Roman Babják
- Awards
- Leica Oskar Barnack Award (2008) ECB Annual Photography Award (2008)
- Nationality
- Slovakia
- Languages
- Czech
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Lucia Nimcová (born 11 November 1977) is a Slovak photographer.
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Lucia Nimcová (born 1977) is a Slovak photographer and video artist. The photographer was born in Humenné.
Lucia Nimcová studied at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. The photographer worked in Amsterdam.
Languages used include Czech. Works by Lucia Nimcová are held at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
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• Born — 11 November 1977 • Birthplace — Humenné, Czechoslovakia • Education — Opava School of Photography Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten • Occupation — Photographer • Spouse — Roman Babják • Children — 2 • Awards — Leica Oskar Barnack Award (2008) ECB Annual Photography Award (2008) • Website — luco.sk Lucia Nimcová (born 11 November 1977) is a Slovak photographer.
Early life and education
Early life and education
Lucia Nimcová was born on 11 November 1977 in Humenné. She is of Ruthenian descent. She started photographing at the age of nine. Nimcová was educated at the School of creative industry in Košice and studied creative photography at the Opava School of Photography and at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam.
Personal life
Personal life
Nimcová resides in Addis Ababa. Nimcová and husband, the producer Roman Babják, have two children.
Fotografie z cyklu Unofficial, ve kterém popisovala život na Slovensku po pádu komunismu Fotografie z cyklu Unofficial, ve kterém popisovala život na Slovensku po pádu komunismu
Lucia Nimcová
Fotografie z cyklu Unofficial, ve kterém popisovala život na Slovensku po pádu komunismu Fotografie z cyklu Unofficial, ve kterém popisovala život na Slovensku po pádu komunismu
Lucia Nimcová
Life and career
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Life and career
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1977
Lucia Nimcová born at Humenné.
Photography
In 2003, she Nimcová published a Slovensko 2003 series funded by the Institute for Public Affairs, mapping the life after the fall of communistm. She further developed this topic in her 2008 Unofficial series, which was awarded the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. The series was also awarded the European Central Bank Photography Award for the best contribution on the theme "Europe". In 2020s, Nimcová conducted extensive fieldwork in the Carpathians on the border between Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine, recording the sung and spoken testimonies of local women to preserve disappearing oral histories, especially those reflecting female experiences and trauma across generations.
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- 1.Almášiová, Monika. Tvorbu Humenčanky Lucie Nimcovej pozná celý svet. zemplin.korzar.sme.sk.
- 2.lucia nimcova / cv. www.luco.sk.
- 3.Kadlecová, Jana. Lucia Nimcová: Už nechcem byť vojakom. kultura.sme.sk.
- 4.IVO - Inštitút pre verejné otázky. www.ivo.sk.
- 5.Lucia Nimcova, winner of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2008.
- 6.Bank, European Central. ECB Annual Photography Award 2008 - Europe. European Central Bank. 2008-11-26.
- 7.Mikyšková, Monika Pascoe. V tomto prípade sa už nedá povedať, že som pacifista, nech si to medzi sebou vyriešia. Denník N. 2022-04-09.
- 8.Otriová, Jana. Fotografka Lucia Nimcová: Pre mňa je celý svet jeden svet. zemplin.korzar.sme.sk.
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