Daniel Cilia LRPS Cilia was born in Victoria, Gozo, Malta in 1963, and has been pursuing photography since he was thirteen. His first major exhibition was at the Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, Malta in 1986. Later that year he was awarded the Licentiate of Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Soon aſter he leſt his nursing profession and in 1988 he moved to Florence, Italy, to pursue his career in photography. Cilia has since lectured at the National College of Arts, Craſts and Design in Oslo, Norway (1989), and was in charge of the Photographic Department of the Art Institute of Florence, Lorenzo de Medici, from 1990 to 1995. In 2008 the photographic book Gorgeous Gozo awarded Cilia the prize for the best-presented book (photography and design) by the National Book Council (Malta). In the same year he was presented with the Award of Recognition for his contribution to the Photographic Art in Malta by the Malta Institute of Professional Photography. Next year he was bestowed the knightly title Croce pro Merito Melitensi, by Frà Matthew Festing, Grand Master and Prince of the Sovereign Military Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and Malta, in recognition to Cilia’s publications about the Order. In 2010 he was conferred the Gieħ Għawdex Award for having contributed to the national cause of the island of Gozo with his books and publications. In the same year his book Panoramic Malta & Gozo (which he also authored) was awarded first prize in its category (Best Book in a Foreign Language) by the National Book Council (Malta). e same council in 2013 awarded Cilia for the photography and design (Best Presentation Award) done for the book Victoria, A Portrait of a City. Cilia has exhibited in many countries and his photographic work has been published in many books and magazines, in Malta and internationally. In the last twenty-seven years, Cilia has specialized in editorial photographic design, with 106 books about the Maltese islands and their history to his credit (these books have more than 75% of their photography done by Cilia). Via Roma 22 San Miniato (PI) 56028 Italia Mobile: +39 3479270015 Tel: +39 057143588 82, Triq Palma, Victoria, Għawdex, VCT 1306 Malta Mobile: +356 79456084 Il-Kerrejja ta’ Belkakar 28, Sqaq Dun Perin, Birkirkara, BKR 2172 Malta Tel: 00356 21370336 www.dancilia.com [email protected]Ted Attard
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Daniel Cilia lrpsCilia was born in Victoria, Gozo, Malta in 1963, and has been pursuing photography since he was thirteen. His first major exhibition was at the Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, Malta in 1986. Later that year he was awarded the Licentiate of Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Soon after he left his nursing profession and in 1988 he moved to Florence, Italy, to pursue his career in photography.
Cilia has since lectured at the National College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Oslo, Norway (1989), and was in charge of the Photographic Department of the Art Institute of Florence, Lorenzo de Medici, from 1990 to 1995.
In 2008 the photographic book Gorgeous Gozo awarded Cilia the prize for the best-presented book (photography and design) by the National Book Council (Malta). In the same year he was presented with the Award of Recognition for his contribution to the Photographic Art in Malta by the Malta Institute of Professional Photography.
Next year he was bestowed the knightly title Croce pro Merito Melitensi, by Frà Matthew Festing, Grand Master and Prince of the Sovereign Military Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and Malta, in recognition to Cilia’s publications about the Order.
In 2010 he was conferred the Gieħ Għawdex Award for having contributed to the national cause of the island of Gozo with his books and publications.
In the same year his book Panoramic Malta & Gozo (which he also authored) was awarded first prize in its category (Best Book in a Foreign Language) by the National Book Council (Malta). The same council in 2013 awarded Cilia for the photography and design (Best Presentation Award) done for the book Victoria, A Portrait of a City.
Cilia has exhibited in many countries and his photographic work has been published in many books and magazines, in Malta and internationally.
In the last twenty-seven years, Cilia has specialized in editorial photographic design, with 106 books about the Maltese islands and their history to his credit (these books have more than 75% of their photography done by Cilia).
Via Roma 22San Miniato (PI)56028ItaliaMobile: +39 3479270015Tel: +39 057143588
82, Triq Palma,Victoria, Għawdex,VCT 1306MaltaMobile: +356 79456084
Il-Kerrejja ta’ Belkakar28, Sqaq Dun Perin,Birkirkara, BKR 2172MaltaTel: 00356 21370336
Design: Layout and graphic design of book Layout: Photography pagination only
Nº YEARTITLE
PUBLISHERAUTHOR/S
RESPONSIBILITY SIZE PAGES COVER
7 1997Malte ÉternelleMuséart (Hor Série)
Michel ChabotPhotography 28.5 x 22 cm 50
8 1998
Mdina, The Old Capital City
of Malta
Miranda BooksNicholas de Piro
Photography & Layout 29 x 29 cm 144
9 1998
The Three CitiesCospicua, Senglea,
Vittoriosa
Miranda BooksMario Serracino-Inglott
Photography & Layout 29 x 29 cm 144
10 1998
Fort ChambrayMiranda Books/Private
CommissionJoe Bezzina
Photography 25 x 28 cm 40
11 1999
The Temple of the Knights of Malta
Miranda BooksNicholas de Piro
Photography & Design 35.5 x 25.5 cm 256
12 2000
The Grand Masters of Malta
Midsea BooksPaul Mizzi
Photography 25.5 x 19.5 cm 40
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13 2000
Malta Influence and Patronage
The Metropolitan Cathedral
Miranda BooksNicholas de Piro
Photography & Design 36 x 26 cm 216
14 2000
Malta Influence and PatronageThe Cathedral Museum
Miranda BooksNicholas de Piro
Photography & Design 36 x 26 cm 180
15 2001
The Sovereign Palaces of Malta
Miranda BooksNicholas de Piro
Photography & Design 31 x 26 cm 320
16 2001
Destination MaltaAmerican Express Publishing/MTA
Various authors
Photography 27 x 16 cm 156
17
2002
German2006
Malta Prehistory and TemplesMidsea Books
David H. Trump
Concept, Photography &
Design22 x 15 cm 320
18 2002Malta 360º
Miranda BooksGeoffrey Aquilina Ross
Photography (with Enrico
Formica)32 x 35 cm 250
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19 2002
Lost Arts of the Ancient Goldsmiths
Superintendence for Cultural Heritage, Malta
Ed. Nathaniel Cutajar
Photography 29.5 x 21 cm 96
20 2003
The Inquisitor’s Palace (Malta)
Heritage BooksKenneth Gambin
Photography 24 x17 cm 40
21 2003
Malta, the Baroque Island
Midsea BooksQuentin Hughes &
Conrad Thake
Photography & Design 31 x 26 cm 228
22 2003
EscapeGozo Cultural
CommitteeEd. Austin Camilleri
Photography & Layout 14.5 x 21 cm 40
23 2004
Malta before History
The World’s Oldest Free-standing Stone Architecture
Miranda BooksEd. Daniel CiliaVarious authors
Concept, Photography &
Design32 x 27.5 cm 440
24 2004
The Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Heritage BooksAnthony Pace
Photography 24 x 17 cm 48
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25 2004
The Prehistoric Temples at Kordin
IIIHeritage BooksNicholas C. Vella
Photography 24 x 17 cm 32
26 2004Casa Rocca Piccola
Heritage BooksNicholas de Piro
Photography 24 x 17 cm 32
27 2004
Fort Rinella & its Armstrong
100-Ton Gun Heritage BooksMario Farrugia
Photography 24 x 17 cm 40
28 2004
The Limestone Heritage
Heritage BooksVincent Zammit
Photography 24 x 17 cm 32
29 2004
Torture and the Roman Inquisition
Heritage BooksKenneth Gambin
Photography 24 x 17 cm 32
30 2004 Wistin CamilleriEd. Austin Camilleri
Photography 14.5 x 16.5 cm 46
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31
2004
2006Italian
2010English
Is-Sorijiet Ġerosolimitani,
il-Knisja u l-Monasteru ta’ Sant’
Ursola, VallettaPEG Publications
George Aquilina
Photography 28.5 x 21 cm 310
32 2004
Maltapost Accession Album
Miranda BooksVarious authors
Photography 35 x 35 cm 360
33 2004
The Archaeological Drawings of Charles de BrocktorffMidsea BooksReuben Grima
Concept, Photography &
Design22 x 30 cm 96
34 2005
Restauri e Riscoperte
di Scultura del Barocco Romano a Malta
Midsea Books Sante Guido
Photography 30 x 21.5 cm 144
35 2005
Inside Malta and Gozo
Miranda BooksVarious authors
Photography 30.5 x 21.5 cm 176
36 2005
Malta War & PeaceAn Architectural Chronicle
1800-2000
Midsea BooksQuentin Hughes &
Conrad Thake
Photography & Design 31 x 26 cm 260
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37 2005
The Prison Experience
Heritage BooksKenneth Gambin
Photography 24 x 17 cm 32
38 2005
St Catherine of Alexandria in
MaltaMidsea Books
Cynthia de Giorgio & Sante Guido
Photography 30 x 21 cm 48
39 2005
The Domus Romana (Malta)
Heritage BooksSuzannah Depasquale &
Neville Juan Cardona
Photography & Design 24 x 13 cm 32
40 2005
Malta Phoenician, Punic and Roman
Midsea BooksAnthony Bonanno
Concept, Photography &
Design22 x 15 cm 360
41 2005
The Human Form in Neolithic Malta
Midsea BooksIsabelle Vella Gregory
Concept, Photography &
Design31 x 22.5 cm 200
42 2005
Chronology of the Grand Masters .... now known as the Order of
Malta •Midsea Books John
Edward Critien(Translation)
Concept, Photography &
Design31 x 22.5 cm 160
• Book 42 Full title:Chronology of the Grand Masters of the Hospital of the Sacred Military Religion of St John of Jerusalem and of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre now known as the Order of MaltaDesign: Layout and graphic design of book Layout: Photography pagination only
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43 2006
Melchiorre Cafà Maltese Genius of the Roman
Baroque
Midsea BooksEd. Keith Sciberras
Photography 30 x 22.5 cm 294
44 2006
The Mdina Cathedral
Heritage BooksAloysius Deguara
Photography 24 x 17 cm 56
45 2006
The Malta Maritime Museum
Heritage BooksEmmanuel Magro Conti
Photography 24 x 17 cm 48
46 2006
The Tarxien Temples
Heritage BooksAnthony Pace
Photography 24 x 17 cm 48
47 2006
The National Museum of
ArchaeologyHeritage BooksSharon Sultana
Photography 24 x 17 cm 40
48 2006
St Paul’s Grotto and The Pauline
Cult 1600 - 1624Midsea Books
Ed. John Azzopardi
Photography 29.5 x 21.5 cm 48
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49 2006The Joy of Easter
Salesian PressEd. Charles Cini
Photography 28 x 20 cm 60
50 2006
Malta, The Medieval
MilleniumMidsea BooksCharles Dalli
Concept, Photography &
Design22 x 15 cm 320
51 2006
The Coinage of the Crusaders and The
World of IslamMidsea Books
Emmanuel Azzopardi
Photography & Design 31 x 23 cm 304
52 2007Għar DalamHeritage Books
Nadia FabriPhotography 24 x 17 cm 40
53 2007
The National Museum of Natural
HistoryHeritage Books
John J. Borg
Photography 24 x 17 cm 40
54 2007
St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta
Heritage BooksCynthia de Giorgio
Photography 24 x 17 cm 56
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55 2007
Glorious Gozo, Artists of our Times 2007
Salesian PressEd. Chales Cini
Photography 28 x 20 cm 136
56 2007
Malta History & Tradition,
(also in Italian, French, German, Spanish & Russian)
Book Distributers LtdVincent Zammit
Photography & Design 28 x 23 cm 144
57 2007
Antique Maltese Clocks
Miranda BooksFondazzjoni Patrimonju
MaltiJohn Manduca
Photography & Design 26.5 x 25 cm 96
58 2007
The Sedan Chair in Malta
Miranda BooksFondazzjoni Patrimonju
MaltiNicholas de Piro
Photography & Design 26.5 x 25 cm 96
59 2007
100 at 70A Celebratory Album for
Richard England
MRSM LtdCharles Knevitt &
Conrad Thake
Photography & Design 27 x 25 cm 256
60 2007Gorgeous Gozo
Midsea BooksCharles Cini
Photography & Design 23 x 30.5 cm 256
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61 2008
Malta - Prehistoria y Templos
MARQ (Spain)Various authors
Photography 24 x 24 cm 126
62 2008
Antique Chinese Ceramics from the
Magistral Palace of the SMON (Rome) and Maltese Collections
SMON (Fort St Angelo)Ed. John Edward Critien
Photography & Design 29.5 x 21 cm 176
63 2008The Cart Ruts
Heritage BooksDavid H. Trump
Photography & Design 14.5 x 16.5 cm 46
64 2008
Storie di RestauriMidsea BooksSante Guido &
Giuseppe Mantella
Photography 31 x 23 cm 494
65 2008
Entre Le Glaive et La Croix
Musée de l’Armée &Heritage Malta
Ed. Vicki Ann Cremona & Olivier Renaudeau
Photography & Design 28 x 22 cm 352
66 2008
The Making of Malta
Midsea BooksReuben Grima
Concept, Photography &
Design27.5 x 23 cm 352
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67 2009
Gozo at the National Library
Midsea Books Various authors
Photography 27.5 x 24 cm 120
68 2009
Ruins at a Megalithic Temple at Xeuchia, Gozo
Salesians of Don BoscoHeritage Malta
Josef Mario Briffa
Concept, Photography &
Design26 x 19 cm 84
69 2009
The Definite Malta Set
Stamp BookMaltapost
Midsea BooksVarious authors
Photography 21 x 29 cm 80
70 2009
Panoramic Malta & Gozo
(also in Italian, French & German)
BDL BooksDaniel Cilia
Concept, Photography &
Design32 x 21 cm 255
71 2009
The Siege of Malta 1565
Ma teo Perez d’Aleccio’s frescoes in the Grand Masters’ Palace
Salesians of Don BoscoHeritage MaltaIan C. Lochhead
Concept, Photography &
Design33 x 21 cm 144
72 2009
Matteo Perez d’Aleccio’s engravings of the Siege of Malta
1565Salesians of Don Bosco
Albert Ganado
Concept, Photography &
Designvarious 88
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73 2010
Malta, The Order of St John
Midsea BooksThomas Freller
Concept, Photography &
Design22 x 15 cm 360
74 2010
A Temple to Our Lady:
Ta’ Pinu BasilicaTa’ Pinu Publications
Charles Cini
Photography & Design 22 x 31 cm 176
75 2010
The Busuttil Family
Midsea BooksVarious authors
Photography 21 x 30 cm 160
76 2010
Dal Segno al SognoIl suono del gesto
Amina ContinAmina Contin
Photography & Design 14.8 x 21 cm 32
77 2010
Ħaġar Qim & Mnajdra
Prehistoric Temples
Heritage BooksKatya Stroud
Photography 14.5 x 16.5 cm 48
78 2010
L’ Âme d’une ÎleThe Soul of an Island
Mark SagonaVarious authors
Photography & Design 20 x 20 cm 36
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79 2010
Melchiorre CafàInsigne modellatore
Rubettino (Italy)Sante Guido &
Giuseppe Mantella
Photography 29 x 24 cm 134
80 2011Via Crucis
National Shrine of DivineMercy (Malta)
Fr. Peter Seracino Inglott
Concept, Photography &
Design31 x 15 cm 80
81 2011 Ancestral Visions
Marlene SalibaMarlene Saliba
Photography 21 x 21 cm 300
82 2011
St George,Gozo’s Golden
BasilicaSalesians of Don Bosco
Editor: Charles CiniVarious Authors
Concept, Photography &
Design31 x 22 cm 176
83 2011
The Maritime History of Malta,
the first millennia
Salesians of Don BoscoEditors: Charles Cini &
Jonathan BorgVarious Authors
Concept, Photography &
Design31 x 20 cm 208
84 2012
The Collegiate Church of the Shipwreck of
St PaulMiranda Books
Robert Cassar
Photography & Layout 27.5 x 24 cm 176
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85 2012
The Feast of the Shipwreck of St Paul
Miranda BooksRay Bondin
Photography & Layout 27.5 x 24 cm 176
86 2012
The Church ofSt Cecilia
on the Island of Gozo
Wirt GħawdexDavid Mallia
Photography & Design 29.5 x 21 cm 56
87 2012
VictoriaA Portrait of A City
Victoria Local CouncilEditor Charles Cini
Author Dr Joseph Bezzina
Concept, Photography &
Design31 x 22 cm 254
88 2012
A brief guide to theOld Gunpowder Magazine,
Grain Silos, Battery, & World War Two Shelter at
the Gran Castello, Rabat - Gozo
Wirt GħawdexGodwin Vella
Photography & Design 21 x 21 cm 32
89 2012
De Soldanis,an eighteenth century
intellectual
Heritage MaltaEditors Godwin Vella &
Olvin VellaVarious Authors
Photography & Design 30 x 21 cm 144
90 2013
The Cultural Legacy of Malta & Gozo
The Village FeastSalesians of Don Bosco
Vincent Zammit
Concept, Photography &
Design29 x 21.5 cm 144
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91 2013
The Cultural Legacy of Malta & GozoThe Neolithic
TemplesSalesians of Don Bosco
Vincent Zammit
Concept, Photography &
Design29 x 21.5 cm 144
92 2013
ĠgantijaThe oldest free-standing
building in the world
Heritage MaltaEdited by
Godwin VellaVarious Authors
Concept, Photography &
Design31 x 23 cm 208
93 2014
MALTAThe Great Story of a small
Island-Nation through 100 Objects
Heritage MaltaGodwin Vella
Photography & Design 25 x 25 cm 144
94 2014
The Roman Inquisition
in MaltaHeritage MaltaVarious Authors
Photography & Design 25 x 25 cm 48
95 2014
Ta’ Frenċ Restaurant
Ta’ Frenċ EstatesFrances Bisell
Joseph Bezzina
Concept, Photography &
Design21 x 14.8 cm 64
96 2014
The Academic Colorista
Paul Camilleri Cauchi
Salesians of Don BoscoEdited by Fr. Charles Cini sdb
Author Dr Aaron Attard-Hili
Concept, Photography &
Design32 x 25 cm 192
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97 2014
The Cultural Legacy of Malta & Gozo
MdinaSalesians of Don Bosco
Vincent Zammit
Concept, Photography &
Design29 x 21.5 cm 144
98 2015
The Battle of Lepanto
7 October 1571An Unpublished Hospitaller
Account
Salesians of Don BoscoPaul George Pisani
Photography & Design 31 x 22 cm 248
99 2015
Eighteenth Century Malta at a Glance
A study of a manuscript map from the National Collection
Heritage MaltaGodwin Vella
Photography & Design 25 x 25 cm 24
100 2015
The 100th
Salesians of Don BoscoEdited by Fr. Charles Cini sdb
Concept, Photography &
Design28 x 28 cm 120
101 2015
1565The Great Siege ofMalta Exhibition
Heritage Malta &Malta Libraries
Edited by Godwin Vella and Emmanuel Magro Conti
Photography & Design 25 x 25 cm 144
102 2015
Skorba1961-63 ExcavationsMġarr Local Council &
Heritage Malta David Trump
Concept, Photography &
Design26.7 x 21.6 cm 96
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103 2016
The Pilgrim’s Way(Il-Mixja tal-Pellegrin)Ta’ Pinu Publications
Gerard Buhagiar
Photography 29 x 11.5 cm 92
104 2016In the Name of the PrinceHeritage Malta
Liam Gauci
Photography & Design 25 x 20 cm 240
105 2016
2015Art Camp Malta
UNESCO MaltaVarious
Photography & Design 25 x 25 cm 64
106 2016
A Century of Enterprise
on the Mediterranean Island of Gozo Magro Brothers • 1916 – 2016
Magro BrothersJoseph Bezzina
Photography & Design 31 x 22 cm 272
107 *
The Flemish Tapestries
at St John’s co-Cathedral
Midsea BooksCynthia de Giorgio
Concept, Photography &
Design28 x 24 cm 96
108 *
An Eye in the Sky over Malta
Miranda BooksDaniel Cilia
Concept, Photography &
Design36.5 x 26.5 cm 240
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