Nicolò Degiorgis
Nicolò Degiorgis (born 1985) is an Italian visual artist, publisher, photographer, and curator. He runs Rorhof, an independent publishing house in Bolzano, Italy. He has self-published a number of books, including Hidden Islam (2014).
Nicolò Degiorgis
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- 1985 · Bolzano.
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- Italy
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- photographer
- Languages
- Italian
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Nicolò Degiorgis (born 1985) is an Italian visual artist, publisher, photographer, and curator. He runs Rorhof, an independent publishing house in Bolzano, Italy. He has self-published a number of books, including Hidden Islam (2014).
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Nicolò Degiorgis (born 1985) is a photographer, of Italian nationality. The photographer was born in Bolzano. Languages used include Italian.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Hidden Islam won the First PhotoBook award at the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, the Author Book Award at Rencontres d'Arles, and was a gold winner of the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis. • Illustration — Degiorgis in 2014
Degiorgis was born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. He earned a BA in sinology from the Ca' Foscari University of Venice (2006–2008). He studied political science at the University of Trieste (2009–2010) and at Leiden University (2019).
Life and work
Life and work
Hidden Islam (2014) documents the struggles of Muslims living in an Islamophobic environment in Italy between 2009 and 2013, where 1.35 million of them had only eight official mosques. Degiorgis photographed the makeshift buildings where Muslims practiced their religion and prayed. The photographs are categorised into two groups: black and white exteriors of these locations (sorted into eight types, such as warehouses, shops and supermarkets) unfold using gatefolds to present color photographs of the Muslims typically praying within half of them. Degiorgis runs the publishing house Rorhof with his brother Michele. He was guest curator of Museion in Bolzano, Italy for 2017.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• Hämatli & Patriæ, Museion, Bolzano, Italy, 2017
Publications
• Oasis Hotel. Bolzano, Italy: self-published / Rorhof, 2014.. • Hidden Islam. Bolzano, Italy: self-published / Rorhof, 2014. With an introduction by Martin Parr.. Total of 5000 copies of all editions. • Bolzano, Italy: self-published / Rorhof, 2014. • Bolzano, Italy: self-published / Rorhof, 2015. • Hidden Islam – 479 comments. Bolzano, Italy: self-published / Rorhof, 2014.. Edition of 300 copies. • Peak. Bolzano, Italy: self-published / Rorhof, 2017.. • Blue As Gold. Bolzano, Italy: self-published / Rorhof, 2017.. Edition of 350 copies. • Heimatkunde. Bolzano, Italy: self-published / Rorhof, 2017.. Edition of 750 copies. • Prison Photography. Bolzano, Italy: self-published / Rorhof, 2017.. Edition of 400 copies. • Prison Museum. Bolzano, Italy: self-published / Rorhof, 2021.. With essays by Letizia Ragaglia and Anna Rita Nuzzaci. Edition of 1000 copies.
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Awards
• 2014: Winner, First PhotoBook award, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards for Hidden Islam • 2014: 1 of 5 gold winners, Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2015, for Hidden Islam • 2014: Author Book Award, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France for Hidden Islam
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- 1.Nicolò Degiorgis.
- 2.Nicolò Degiorgis. nicolodegiorgis.com.
- 3.RORHOF.
- 4.Peces, Juan. El fotolibro se retrata en Arlés. El País. 8 August 2014. 1134-6582.
- 5.Dove pregano i musulmani in Italia. Il Post. 21 December 2014.
- 6.Expressions of Islam, hidden from view, in northeast Italy - 1854 Photography. www.1854.photography.
- 7.Arles 2014: Nicolo Degiorgis lifts the veil on Italy's Islamophobia. The Guardian. 15 July 2014.
- 8.Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2015 - kwerfeldein – Magazin für Fotografie. kwerfeldein.de. 15 November 2014.
- 9.Alipour, Yasi. Nicolò Degiorgis, Hidden Islam. The Brooklyn Rail. 5 March 2015.
- 10.Review: Daniele De Luigi on Nicoló Degiorgis. Aperture. 18 November 2014.
- 11.Hidden Islam: Nicolo Degiorgis Charts the Challenges of Being Muslim in Italy. Time.
- 12.Nicolò Degiorgis. Raffles Milano - Istituto di Moda e Design.
- 13.Nicolò Degiorgis announced as guest curator for 2017. museion.it. 7 December 2016.
- 14.Группа ниц. Журнал Esquire.
- 15.Moscheen in Italien: Der versteckte Islam. Zeit.
- 16.Arlandis, Fanny. Etre musulman en Italie. Slate.fr. 15 October 2014.
- 17.Mercier, Clémentine. En Italie du Nord, l'islam avec les moyens du bord. Libération.
- 18.Hidden Islam – 479 Comments: the photobook that contains no photos. The Guardian. 12 January 2015.
- 19.Russeth, Andrew. Aperture Announces 2014 PhotoBook Awards. Artnews. 14 November 2014.
- 20.Booker, Maia. There Are 1.5 Million Muslims in Italy and Only 8 Mosques. Here's Where They Go to Pray. The New Republic. 21 November 2014. 0028-6583.
- 21.Hämatli & Patriæ - curated by Nicolò Degiorgis. museion.it. 16 September 2017.
- 22.Nicolò Degiorgis. Wall Street International. 27 June 2017.
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