Nina Berman
Nina Berman (born 1960) is an American documentary photographer, filmmaker, author and educator. Her wide-ranging work looks at American politics, militarism, environmental contamination and post violence trauma. Berman is the author of three monographs: Purple Hearts – Back From Iraq; Homeland; and An autobiography of Miss Wish.
Nina Berman
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- Name
- Nina Berman
- Born
- 1960
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Education
- University of Chicago (AB) Columbia University (MS)
- Occupation
- Documentary photographer
- Nationality
- United States.
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship.
- Languages
- English.
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Nina Berman (born 1960) is an American documentary photographer, filmmaker, author and educator. Her wide-ranging work looks at American politics, militarism, environmental contamination and post violence trauma. Berman is the author of three monographs: Purple Hearts – Back From Iraq; Homeland; and An autobiography of Miss Wish.
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Nina Berman (born 1960) is an American journalist and photographer. The journalist was born in New York City.
Languages used include English. Works by Nina Berman are held at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. The journalist received Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Biography
Her photographs and videos have been exhibited in the Brooklyn Museum, Dublin Contemporary 2011 and the 2010 Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial. She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts grant, several photojournalism awards, including two World Press Photo awards and a Hasselblad award.
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Key facts
• Name — Nina Berman • Born — 1960 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Education — University of Chicago (AB) Columbia University (MS) • Occupation — Documentary photographer • Website — www.ninaberman.com
Early life and education
Early life and education
Berman was born in New York City. She received an A.B. from the University of Chicago and a M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Work
Work
She is a member of the NOOR photo agency and an associate professor at Columbia University. She is a former teacher at the International Center of Photography in New York City. In 2005, Berman received the first Open Society Institute documentary distribution grant and traveled to high schools around the USA with Army veteran Robert Acosta presenting and exhibiting the Purple Hearts project. Her work with high school students continued in 2010 in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art as an artist in residence with the museum's Youth Insights program. In 2011, Berman developed a high school art curriculum with the Whitney Museum of American Art based on her images of wounded American veterans from the Iraq War and her Homeland series. In 2009, Berman became a member of the NOOR photo agency based in Amsterdam. In 2012, she became an associate professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Monographs
Monographs
• Purple Hearts – Back from Iraq. London: Trolley, 2004. • Homeland. London: Trolley, 2008. • An autobiography of Miss Wish. Heidelberg, Germany: Kehrer, 2017.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1960
Nina Berman was born on 1 January 1960.
Catalogues/books
• Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know, Roy Gutman, David Rieff, Norton, 1999. • Humans Being: Disability in Contemporary Art, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, 2006. • War Stories, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, 2008. • The Pursuit of Happiness, Stitching Fotografie, Noorderlicht, 2009. • A History of Women Photographers, Naomi Rosenblum, Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, 2010. • A New American Photographic Dream: US Today After, Gilles Verneret, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2010. • Whitney Biennial 2010, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2010. • Disquieting Images, Germano Celant /Melissa Harris, Skira, Milan, 2011. • Ugliness: A Reconsideration, I.B. Tauris, London, 2012. • Photographs Not Taken, Will Steacy, Daylight Books, 2012. • Making History, RAY Fotografieprojekte, Frankfurt, 2012. • Bosnia – 1992–1995, Jon Jones and Gary Knight, Sarajevo, 2012. • War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath, Anne Wilkes Tucker, MFAH, USA, 2012. • Photojournalists on War: The Untold Stories from Iraq, Mike Kamber, University of Texas, 2013. • Trolleyology, Gigi Giannuzzi/Hannah Watson, Trolley, London, 2013.
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Awards
• 1993: Pictures of the Year Award • 1997: Pictures of the Year Award • 1998: Pictures of the Year Award • 1999: Pictures of the Year Award • 2004: Third Prize (with two others) (along with four others), Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards. • 2005: Open Society Institute Documentary Grant • 2005: World Press Photo award • 2006: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship • 2007: Pictures of the Year Award • 2007: World Press Photo award (for her portrait "Marine Wedding" of Tyler Ziegel, a wounded Marine, and his bride) • 2009: PDN Annual Book Award • 2009: Hasselblad Masters Award • 2014: The Josephine Herrick Project Annual Photographer Award • 2016: The Aftermath Project Grant Award • 2017: Susan E. Tifft fellow, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University
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- 1.Nina Berman. portlandartmuseum.us.
- 2.Butet-Roch, Laurence. Nina Berman's insight into the life of Miss Wish – 1854 Photography. www.1854.photography.
- 3.Brooklyn Museum: WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath.
- 4.Dublin Contemporary Exhibition. 2011.
- 5.Dead link. Whitney Museum of American Art: Nina Berman. April 2020.
- 6.2006 NYFA Fellows & Panelists] New York Foundation for the Arts].
- 7.Cotter, Holland. Words Unspoken Are Rendered on War's Faces. New York Times. August 22, 2007.
- 8.Hasselblad. Masters 2009. 2009.
- 9.Nina Berman. Open Society Foundations.
- 10.Nikon Supports Whitney Museum Of American Art Youth Insights Arts Project. www.nikonusa.com.
- 11.Nina Berman and Gotham Professional Arts Academy. whitney.org.
- 12.Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism. 1st–53rd POY winners. Pictures of the Year.
- 13.Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism. Complete List of Winners of the 54th Annual Pictures of the Year. Pictures of the Year.
- 14.Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism. Winners of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Pictures of the Year Competition. Pictures of the Year.
- 15.Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism. 56th Annual Pictures of the Year Contest Winners. Pictures of the Year.
- 16.Days Japan. Winner's Names.
- 17.World Press Photo.
- 18.New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).
- 19.Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism. Winners of the Sixty-Fourth Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition. Pictures of the Year.
- 20.PDN Photo Annual 2009.
- 21.Rusk Rehabilitation and photographer Nina Berman honored at Josephine Herrick Project Annual Benefit Party and Modern Masters of Photography Auction | PMDA.
- 22.Nina Berman Wins 2016 Aftermath Grant For Project on War's Toxic Legacy – PDNPulse. PDNPulse. 22 December 2015.
- 23.The Susan E. Tifft Initiative on Documentary and Journalism – Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. documentarystudies.duke.edu.
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Nina Berman received Guggenheim Fellowship.
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