Nina Berman (born 1960)[1] 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.[2]
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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] 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.
Publications
Monographs
Purple Hearts – Back from Iraq. London:
Trolley, 2004.
Homeland. London: Trolley, 2008.
An autobiography of Miss Wish. Heidelberg, Germany:
Kehrer, 2017.[2]
^"Archived copy". www.howardgreenberg.com. Archived from
the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2022.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
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Nina Berman (born 1960)[1] 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.[2]
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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] 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.
Publications
Monographs
Purple Hearts – Back from Iraq. London:
Trolley, 2004.
Homeland. London: Trolley, 2008.
An autobiography of Miss Wish. Heidelberg, Germany:
Kehrer, 2017.[2]
^"Archived copy". www.howardgreenberg.com. Archived from
the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2022.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link)