Giulia Degasperi (b. 1992, Trento) is a communication designer and photographer based in Berlin. Working in a documentary manner across subject matter, she is primarily making work around marginal communities and the landscapes that they inhabit; exploring themes such as the dynamic human-nature relationship and the intersection of geopolitical issues with social, historical, and philosophical matters.
The key of her documentary projects is engaging actively with the subjects - dignifying their existence and incorporating their input into the narrative. Photography is her tool to unveil the profound structures of the human experience and to identify and challenge the prejudices of our present day society.
EDUCATION
BA Visual Communication, HTW Berlin, 2020
BA Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Trento, 2015
AWARDS
2023 PhEST Pop-Up Open Call: BEING HUMAN – Winner
2023 German Design Award 2024 – Nominee
2022 British Journal of Photography: Portrait of Humanity, Shortlist
2020 Urbanautica Institute Award, Category: Anthropology and Territories, Shortlist
2019 Vonovia Award for Photography, Newcomer Award, Shortlist
BOOKS
These Dark Mountains. SelfSelf Books. Milan, 2022
EXHIBITIONS
Urgent Present. EMOP Special, Berlin, 4 –26 March 2023 (Group Exhibition)
These Dark Mountains. Safelight, Berlin, December 2022 - March 2023 (Solo Exhibition)
These Dark Mountains. Spazio Virgolette, Trento, 8-15 July 2022 (Solo Exhibition)
Even When We Do Not See. Online Group Exhibition, VSCO, November - December 2021 (Group Exhibition)
Invisible. diecixdieci Festival, Ex Convento di S. Maria, Gonzaga, 17-26 September 2021 (Group Exhibition)
INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS
Silbe, Barbara. Giulia Degasperi - These Dark Mountains: Memoria e Radici tra le valli Trentine. Il Fotografo n. 339, pg. 62-67, January - February 2023
Giulia Degasperi: These Dark Mountains. Naturale - Perimetro, September 2022
Portfolio: Giulia Degasperi. Speciale Trentino, Style Magazine - Corriere della Sera, September 2022
These Dark Mountains. Ilford Magazine, July 2022
Berra, Tommaso. Giulia Degasperi’s tale of pastoralism in Trentino. Collater.al, June 2022
Artist in Focus: Giulia Degasperi. Two Hour Photo, June 2022
Interview: Portraying the solitude and hard labour of Alpine farmers. Analog Magazine, October 2021
Portfolio: These Dark Mountains - Giulia Degasperi, Phases Mag, October 2021
Friday Fri-Up: Giulia Degasperi - These Dark Mountains, The Heavy Collective, May 2021
These Dark Mountains, Perimetro, April 2021
Story 16: Giulia Degasperi, Nowhere Diary, January 2021
Giulia Degasperi (b. 1992, Trento) is a communication designer and photographer based in Berlin. Working in a documentary manner across subject matter, she is primarily making work around marginal communities and the landscapes that they inhabit; exploring themes such as the dynamic human-nature relationship and the intersection of geopolitical issues with social, historical, and philosophical matters.
The key of her documentary projects is engaging actively with the subjects - dignifying their existence and incorporating their input into the narrative. Photography is her tool to unveil the profound structures of the human experience and to identify and challenge the prejudices of our present day society.
EDUCATION
BA Visual Communication, HTW Berlin, 2020
BA Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Trento, 2015
AWARDS
2023 PhEST Pop-Up Open Call: BEING HUMAN – Winner
2023 German Design Award 2024 – Nominee
2022 British Journal of Photography: Portrait of Humanity, Shortlist
2020 Urbanautica Institute Award, Category: Anthropology and Territories, Shortlist
2019 Vonovia Award for Photography, Newcomer Award, Shortlist
BOOKS
These Dark Mountains. SelfSelf Books. Milan, 2022
EXHIBITIONS
Urgent Present. EMOP Special, Berlin, 4 –26 March 2023 (Group Exhibition)
These Dark Mountains. Safelight, Berlin, December 2022 - March 2023 (Solo Exhibition)
These Dark Mountains. Spazio Virgolette, Trento, 8-15 July 2022 (Solo Exhibition)
Even When We Do Not See. Online Group Exhibition, VSCO, November - December 2021 (Group Exhibition)
Invisible. diecixdieci Festival, Ex Convento di S. Maria, Gonzaga, 17-26 September 2021 (Group Exhibition)
INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS
Silbe, Barbara. Giulia Degasperi - These Dark Mountains: Memoria e Radici tra le valli Trentine. Il Fotografo n. 339, pg. 62-67, January - February 2023
Giulia Degasperi: These Dark Mountains. Naturale - Perimetro, September 2022
Portfolio: Giulia Degasperi. Speciale Trentino, Style Magazine - Corriere della Sera, September 2022
These Dark Mountains. Ilford Magazine, July 2022
Berra, Tommaso. Giulia Degasperi’s tale of pastoralism in Trentino. Collater.al, June 2022
Artist in Focus: Giulia Degasperi. Two Hour Photo, June 2022
Interview: Portraying the solitude and hard labour of Alpine farmers. Analog Magazine, October 2021
Portfolio: These Dark Mountains - Giulia Degasperi, Phases Mag, October 2021
Friday Fri-Up: Giulia Degasperi - These Dark Mountains, The Heavy Collective, May 2021
These Dark Mountains, Perimetro, April 2021
Story 16: Giulia Degasperi, Nowhere Diary, January 2021
