{{short description|American documentary photographer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{distinguish|Nina Bergman}} {{BLP primary sources|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Nina Berman | image = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- if different --> | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1960}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | education = University of Chicago (AB)<br />Columbia University (MS) | occupation = Documentary photographer | years_active = | spouse = | partner = | children = | website = {{URL|www.ninaberman.com}} }} '''Nina Berman''' (born 1960)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-09-10|title=Nina Berman|url=http://portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=11253;type=701|website=portlandartmuseum.us}}</ref> 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''.<ref name="bjp">{{cite web|first1=Laurence|last1=Butet-Roch|access-date=2022-09-10|title=Nina Berman's insight into the life of Miss Wish – 1854 Photography|url=https://www.1854.photography/2018/07/berman-miss-wish/|website=www.1854.photography}}</ref>
Her photographs and videos have been exhibited in the Brooklyn Museum,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/war_photography/ | title=Brooklyn Museum: WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath }}</ref> Dublin Contemporary 2011<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Dublin Contemporary Exhibition |url=http://www.dublincontemporary.com/exhibition/artist/nina_berman|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229035755/http://www.dublincontemporary.com/exhibition/artist/nina_berman|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 29, 2014}}</ref> and the 2010 Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dev.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/NinaBerman|title=Whitney Museum of American Art: Nina Berman|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts grant,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyfa.org/level4.asp?id=332&fid=1&sid=1&tid=15|title=2006 NYFA Fellows & Panelists] New York Foundation for the Arts]|publisher=|access-date=2012-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606190508/http://www.nyfa.org/level4.asp?id=332&fid=1&sid=1&tid=15|archive-date=2012-06-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> several photojournalism awards, including two World Press Photo awards<ref name="nytimes-2007">{{Cite web |last=Cotter |first=Holland |date=August 22, 2007 |title=Words Unspoken Are Rendered on War's Faces |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/arts/design/22berm.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=New York Times}}</ref> and a Hasselblad award.<ref name="Hasselblad">{{Cite web |date=2009 |title=Masters 2009|url=http://www.hasselblad.com/masters-2009.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922223959/http://www.hasselblad.com/masters-2009.aspx |publisher=Hasselblad |archive-date=2011-09-22}}</ref>
==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.{{cn|date=March 2026}}
==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.<ref name="soros1">{{cite web|url=http://www.soros.org/about/programs/documentary-photography-project/grantees/nina-berman|title=Nina Berman|website=Open Society Foundations}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nikonusa.com/About-Nikon/Press-Room/Press-Release/h1jhd68n/Nikon-Supports-Whitney-Museum-Of-American-Art-Youth-Insights-Arts-Project.html|title=Nikon Supports Whitney Museum Of American Art Youth Insights Arts Project|website=www.nikonusa.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nina Berman and Gotham Professional Arts Academy |url=https://whitney.org/education/education-blog/nina-berman-and-gotham-professional-arts-academy |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=whitney.org |language=en}}</ref> 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.{{cn|date=March 2026}}
==Publications==
===Monographs=== * ''Purple Hearts – Back from Iraq.'' London: Trolley, 2004. * ''Homeland.'' London: Trolley, 2008. * ''An autobiography of Miss Wish.'' Heidelberg, Germany: Kehrer, 2017.<ref name="bjp"/>
===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.
==Awards== * 1993: Pictures of the Year Award<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.poy.org/55/oldwinners.html |title=1st–53rd POY winners |website=Pictures of the Year |publisher=Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism |access-date=2012-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723042810/http://www.poyi.org/55/oldwinners.html |archive-date=2012-07-23 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2024}} * 1997: Pictures of the Year Award<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.poy.org/55/54winners.html |title=Complete List of Winners of the 54th Annual Pictures of the Year |website=Pictures of the Year |publisher=Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980705034645/https://www.poy.org/55/54winners.html |archive-date=1998-07-05 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2024}} * 1998: Pictures of the Year Award<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.poy.org/55/55winners.html |title=Winners of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Pictures of the Year Competition |website=Pictures of the Year |publisher=Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism |access-date=2012-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714011258/http://www.poyi.org/55/55winners.html |archive-date=2015-07-14 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1999: Pictures of the Year Award<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.poy.org/56/winners.html |title=56th Annual Pictures of the Year Contest Winners |website=Pictures of the Year |publisher=Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190809/https://www.poy.org/56/winners.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2004: Third Prize (with two others) (along with four others), Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.daysjapan.net/e/award2005/result/index.html | accessdate = 10 June 2015 | publisher = Days Japan | title = Winner's Names | archive-date = 9 July 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150709161529/http://www.daysjapan.net/e/award2005/result/index.html | url-status = usurped }}</ref> * 2005: Open Society Institute Documentary Grant<ref name="soros1"/> * 2005: World Press Photo award<ref name="worldpressphoto.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldpressphoto.org/nina-berman |title=World Press Photo |access-date=2012-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105111120/http://www.worldpressphoto.org/nina-berman |archive-date=2012-11-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2006: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyfa.org/level4.asp?id=332&fid=1&sid=1&tid=15 |title=New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) |access-date=2012-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606190508/http://www.nyfa.org/level4.asp?id=332&fid=1&sid=1&tid=15 |archive-date=2012-06-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2007: Pictures of the Year Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.poy.org/64/winnerslist.html |title=Winners of the Sixty-Fourth Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition |website=Pictures of the Year |publisher=Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204143301/https://www.poy.org/64/winnerslist.html |archive-date=2023-02-04}}</ref> * 2007: World Press Photo award (for her portrait "Marine Wedding" of Tyler Ziegel, a wounded Marine, and his bride)<ref name="nytimes-2007" /> * 2009: PDN Annual Book Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pdngallery.com/contests/photoannual/2009/flash_module.shtml |title=PDN Photo Annual 2009 |accessdate=2012-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428021535/http://www.pdngallery.com/contests/photoannual/2009/flash_module.shtml |archivedate=2012-04-28 }}</ref> * 2009: Hasselblad Masters Award<ref name="Hasselblad"/> * 2014: The Josephine Herrick Project Annual Photographer Award<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pmda.com/2014/10/rusk-rehabilitation-and-photographer-nina-berman-honored-at-josephine-herrick-project-annual-benefit-party-and/ |title=Rusk Rehabilitation and photographer Nina Berman honored at Josephine Herrick Project Annual Benefit Party and Modern Masters of Photography Auction | PMDA |access-date=2015-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208044003/http://www.pmda.com/2014/10/rusk-rehabilitation-and-photographer-nina-berman-honored-at-josephine-herrick-project-annual-benefit-party-and/ |archive-date=2015-12-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2016: The Aftermath Project Grant Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/12/nina-berman-wins-2016-aftermath-grant-for-project-on-wars-toxic-legacy.html/|title=Nina Berman Wins 2016 Aftermath Grant For Project on War's Toxic Legacy – PDNPulse|work=PDNPulse |date=22 December 2015|publisher=}}</ref> * 2017: Susan E. Tifft fellow, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University<ref>{{cite web|url=https://documentarystudies.duke.edu/susan-e-tifft-initiative-documentary-and-journalism/|title=The Susan E. Tifft Initiative on Documentary and Journalism – Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University|website=documentarystudies.duke.edu}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|www.ninaberman.com}}
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