Category Archives: Tearsheets

Stop and Frisk on Trial and in the New Yorker

The New York Police Department’s stop and frisk policy is on trial in New York City. To learn about it, see my images on the New Yorker, and a video on the NOOR site.

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Occupy Wall Street – October 14

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

The dramatic showdown between thousands of demonstrators and NYC Mayor Bloomberg was averted at the 11th hour when faced with overwhelming force, the Mayor decided the inhabitants of Zuccotti Park had sufficiently tidied themselves up, at least for the time … Continue reading →

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Guernica Magazine: Seeing Double: Matt Black and Natalie Abbassi

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Work by Matt Black and Natalie Abbassi, two inspiring photographers working at opposite ends of the documentary spectrum were the subjects of my guest Arts Editor piece in this month’s Guernica Magazine. I hope you find their work as exciting … Continue reading →

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Hedge Portfolio in Photoworks

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

A 10-page portfolio, including a cover image, from my Hedge work, has been published in the Spring/Summer 2011 issue of Photoworks. Here are a few images.

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Interview on aphotoeditor.com

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

I had a great chat with artist and educator Jonathan Blaustein. Thank you Jonathan and Rob Haggart for your interest in my work. To read the interview, please go to Aphotoeditor

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Virginia Tech revisited

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

Six months after 32 people were gunned down in a campus building at Virginia Tech, I was commissioned with writer Ariel Leve to visit the university. She wrote an excellent story for the Sunday Times Magazine Some of my photographs … Continue reading →

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Salee Allawe – Collateral Damage

Posted on January 2, 2011 by

On November 7, 2006 in Hasswa, Iraq, nine-year old Salee Allawe was playing hopscotch outside her home with her brother, cousin and some friends when US mlitary jets fired three missiles, apparently at passenger vehicles. One missile landed where the … Continue reading →

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Hasselblad Masters – Brooklyn Steppers

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

Photographs of the boys and girls who make up the Brooklyn Steppers, a dynamite marching band from Bedford Stuyvesant and the subjects of my series for this year’s Hasselblad Masters Book. All photographs ©Nina Berman 2010. <a

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Glenn Beck in Wilmington, Ohio

Posted on December 20, 2010 by

Last week I went to Wilmington, Ohio, a town of 12,000 with 16% unemployment. In 2008, the town was crushed when the area’s largest employer, DHL, decided to close its hub and with it, 7,500 jobs. Wilmington isn’t terribly remarkable … Continue reading →

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Bosnia archive – Rape

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

I’ve been scanning old pictures from late 1992 and early 1993 of women and girls who were raped in the Bosnian war which means they were personally, brutally, and sadistically attacked, violated, terrified and humiliated for no reason, simply because … Continue reading →

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