Linda Dorigo
BIO
Linda Dorigo è nata in Italia nel 1983. Ha intrapreso gli studi giornalistici, conseguendo la laurea in Scienze della Comunicazione. Dal 2009 si occupa di Medio Oriente, combinando il racconto sociale ed antropologico con l’approccio dello slow-photojournalism. Le sue ricerche si focalizzano su fede, religioni, minoranze e territorio, inteso come luogo di nascita delle radici d’appartenenza.
Dal 2011 al 2014 ha vissuto a Beirut, lavorando al progetto “Rifugio” sulle comunità cristiane nella zona mediorientale. Come fotogiornalista ha collaborato con pubblicazioni internazionali come Le Monde, L’Espresso, Die Zeit, Marie Claire e altri numerosi giornali e magazine europei e mediorientali. È membro dell’associazione italiana di giornalisti ODG.
Al momento, lavora ad un progetto a lungo termine su Grande Kurdistan e identità curda.
Linda was born in Italy in 1983. She pursued journalistic studies receiving a BA degree in Communication Science. She focused on Middle East region since 2009 combining social and anthropological reporting with the slow-photojournalism approach. Her researches focus on faith, religions, minorities and land, understood as birthplace of roots belonging.
From 2011 to 2014 Linda lived in Beirut, developing the project “Rifugio” about Christian communities in the Middle East. As a photojournalist she has contributed to international publications like Le Monde, L’Espresso, Die Zeit, Marie Claire and a number of other European and Middle Eastern newspapers and magazines. She is a member of ODG Italian journalist association.
Linda is currently working on a long term project about Great Kurdistan and Kurdish identity.
PROJECTS
EXHIBITIONS
May 2nd 2016 – May 2017, “Nostalghia”, The Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family in Jerusalem
March 15th – April 21th 2017, collective exhibition “Abitare il presente”, Consiglio regionale del FVG, Trieste, Italy
October 7th 2016 – January 16th 2017, “On the Front Line. Women Photojournalists in War Zones”, Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy (ph. M. Gea; G. Perottino)
May 25th – June 1st 2016 “Nostalghia”, Palazzo delle Opere Sociali, Vicenza, Italy (ph. M. Cocco)
January 9th – March 6th 2016, “Nostalghia”, Villa Manin di Passariano (UD), Italy
March 24th – April 12th 2015, “Nostalghia”, Palazzo Costanzi, Trieste, Italy (ph. G. Koren)
October 26th – December 1st 2013, collective exhibition “Confronti”, Villa Manin di Passariano (UD), Italy
March 30th – April 21th 2012, collective exhibition “Time for rebels”, Officine Fotografiche, Rome, Italy