Object Lessons by Nina Berman - Exhibition at the Albany NY Library

Sex trafficking is a worldwide problem, raking in profits of roughly $99 billion dollars per year for traffickers. “Object Lessons” was created by Nina Berman to bring awareness to the pervasive problem of sex trafficking in the Capital Region and beyond. The exhibition depicts the evidence used to try and convict sex traffickers, including victims’ clothing and the weapons used to coerce victims into submission.

Nina Berman said she chose “to investigate the physical evidence as a way to communicate the mechanism of control and the underlying motivations of profit and power that drive perpetrators and imprison victims.”

“Object Lessons” premieres on Friday, March 6, with an opening reception at 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the library’s Washington Ave. Branch. The photo exhibition will be open during branch hours and run through April 18.

Reimagining the American Landscape: Queer Topographics in Nina Berman's Homeland

An examination of Nina's work by scholar Christopher W. Cox "Reimagining the American Landscape: Queer Topographics in Nina Berman's Homeland" is published in the Journal of American Studies

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Michael Bloomberg and "Stop & Frisk" by Nina Berman

Candidate for the Democratic Party nomination Michael Bloomberg has been under attack from his past actions as mayor of New York City, especially for enforcing the "Stop and Frisk" policy he put in place. ​

​Nina Berman has been documenting NYPD's Stop and Frisk since 2011: "You could spend many nights on neighborhood cop-watch patrols and never see stop-and-frisks, so I looked for other things, too: the anger and outrage and sense of humiliation long after the stop-and-frisk ends. People I met saw stop-and-frisk as part of a broader pattern of police harassment and violence."

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NOOR Film at the Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium

As part of NOOR's year long collaboration with the Musée de la Photographie, Nina Berman and Jon Lowenstein will be showing their respective films The Triumph of the Shill and Lincoln's Promise in the museum's "Boite Noir", from January 25th to May 5th

Nina Berman speaking at "Conversations on Conflict Photography" event in New York City

Nina Berman will talk at "Conversations on Conflict Photography" at the Bronx Documentary Center December 7 at 6pm in New York City with author and educator Dr. Lauren Walsh and photographer Spencer Platt.

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Nina Berman | Creating a tool to identify political speech with the Columbia University

Nina Berman is the brainchild behind a team at Columbia University bringing computer scientists, research fellows and post grads to make a product that helps journalists better identify political speech.

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Nina Berman | Coverage of the Global Climate Strike in NYC for Liberation

Tens of thousands of people, mostly young people, gathered in Lower Manhattan for the global climate strike on September 27. For Liberation, Nina Berman covered the strike in New York City as part of a global movement that brought over 7.6 million people.

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Nina Berman | Reflection on Robert Frank's legacy for The New York Times

“Most days I never made a picture, but sometimes I did, and my bar was always Robert Frank”

— Nina Berman

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Alongside 8 other photographers, Nina Berman reflected on Robert Frank's legacy in The New York Times.

NOOR Urges Action on Climate Emergency

NOOR supports the Global Climate Strike that will take place on September the 20th and encourages everyone to join the movement.

NOOR dedicates September to our Environment

For more than a decade, NOOR Authors have documented our growing climate crisis caused by fossil fuel production and material consumption along with the political forces enabling this planetary catastrophe. Through our work we have also pointed to solutions to help ensure sustainable human presence on this planet. The need for action is urgent.

As world leaders meet in New York City next month and climate actions are planned world wide, we will dedicate the month of September to sharing stories on the environment from our archive and works in progress. Please follow these stories on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

We encourage our media partners, researchers, and our community to do the same.