Nancy Borowick
Nancy Borowick (born 1985, Chappaqua, New York) is an American artist, photographer, and author. She studied photography at the International Center of Photography, and her work primarily documents family structures and personal histories to dissect how humans interact with, grieve, and memorialize loved ones. Her book The Family Imprint (2017) uses documentary photography and ephemera to tell the story of her parents who were both diagnosed with stage-four cancer and died within a year of each other.
Nancy Borowick
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- Nancy Borowick
- Born
- 1985
- Birthplace
- Chappaqua, New York
- Education
- * International Center of Photography
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer
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Nancy Borowick (born 1985, Chappaqua, New York) is an American artist, photographer, and author. She studied photography at the International Center of Photography, and her work primarily documents family structures and personal histories to dissect how humans interact with, grieve, and memorialize loved ones. Her book The Family Imprint (2017) uses documentary photography and ephemera to tell the story of her parents who were both diagnosed with stage-four cancer and died within a year of each other.
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Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad.
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• Name — Nancy Borowick • Born — 1985 • Birthplace — Chappaqua, New York • Education — * International Center of Photography • Union College • Website — http: www.nancyborowick.com/
The Family Imprint
The Family Imprint
Borowick's project The Family Imprint began as a project at the International Center of Photography as she documented her mother who was diagnosed with stage-four cancer. The photographs mostly depict her parents in various stages of diagnosis, delight, joy, sadness, Borowick's own wedding, and her parents' funerals. Borowick found difficulty in getting publishers interested in printing the book—many of which found the topic and the work too dark or solemn. In an attempt to both prove an audience existed for the project, Borowick launched a Kickstarter campaign that raised $65,313 to cover fees for printing, distribution, and a publishing agent. The book was published in 2017.
2018
2018
• Humanitarian Award by the Women That Soar organization • German Photo Book Award for The Family Imprint, Bronze Prize
2017
2017
• PDN Photo Annual Book Prize, The Family Imprint (Hatje Cantz, 2017, dist. by DAP) • International Photo Awards, 1st prize in Documentary Books & 2nd prize in People • NPR Favorite Visual Stories of 2017 • Wall Street Journal Book Shelf 2017 for The Family Imprint • Photo-Eye Best Books of 2017 for The Family Imprint • Women Photograph, Best Books of 2017 for The Family Imprint
2016
2016
• World Press Photo, 2nd prize, Long Term Projects category, Amsterdam Finalist, World Report Award, Milan, Italy
2015
2015
• National Geographic + Visura contest, USA • Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture
2014
2014
• Eddie Adams Workshop Award- Innovation in Visual Storytelling, USA • Emerging Photographer Magazine, USA • New York Photo Festival, Photo World, USA • Lens Culture Top 5 Emerging Talent, exhibition in Spain, Japan & UK • Best of ASMP 2014 featured photographer, USA
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- 1.Short, Alice. Photographer Nancy Borowick's book chronicling her parents' final days is her 'love letter' to them. The Los Angeles Times. May 18, 2017.
- 2.The Photo-essayist. Interview Magazine. 2016-12-27.
- 3.Winerip, Michael. Side by Side, Battling Cancer and Sending Off the Bride. Lens Blog. 2013-10-18.
- 4.Nancy, Borowick. I was with my parents as they died of cancer. My camera helped me through it. The Washington Post. August 20, 2017.
- 5.The Cancer Family Book Project. Kickstarter. 5 August 2017.
- 6.Woman captures touching photos of her parents' final years as they die within months of each other from cancer. The Independent. 2017-06-06.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Dillinger, Katherine. The gift of time: Life before death. CNN.
- Estrin, James. At Home and on Assignment in Guam. Lens Blog. 2017-08-23.
- Kamm, Rebecca. Photos of My Parents as They Both Face Terminal Cancer. Vice. 2018-05-01.
- Stock, Marybeth. Women in Photography 2017. ArtAsiaPacific. 2017.
- Winerip, Michael. A Mother's Illness, a Daughter's Duty. Lens Blog. 2015-01-30.
- Winerip, Michael. In Sickness and in Health: A Wedding in the Shadow of Cancer. The New York Times. 2018-10-19. 0362-4331.
- Winerip, Michael. One Goal Achieved, a Father Dies at 58. The New York Times. 2018-10-19. 0362-4331.
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