Nick Rosenoer
About
Nick Rosenoer is a Jewish photographer and tattooist from the Bay Area, California. Drawn to photography’s ability to hold contradiction, he approaches the medium as a lyrical structure—not to explain or define, but to hold what resists articulation.
In 2023, he began Reshimu, a long-term project documenting his immersion into Hasidic Judaism. Rooted in Jewish mysticism, the work draws on the Lurianic concept of reshimu—the faint residue left after the Divine Light receded to make space for Creation. The project traces the psychic and emotional contours of a profoundly private world, exploring themes of memory, faith, and the unseen boundaries between insider and outsider.
In 2025, Nick travelled to Azerbaijan to create White Apple Red Village, a lyrical documentary exploring the world’s last surviving shtetl (Jewish village) in the Diaspora, and its unusually harmonious relationship with neighboring Muslim communities. The project follows the daily rhythms and intimate gestures of coexistence in a region shaped by foreign occupation, religious persecution, and cultural resilience.
Nick began his MA in Photography at the Royal College of Art in 2024. His work has been featured by the British Cultural Archive and The Jewish Chronicle. In 2025, White Apple Red Village was awarded the annual Artful Dodgers Darkrooms Award.
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