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NADAV KANDER
(* 1961)

Nadav Kander is recognized as one of the most original and highly regarded photographers of our time. His work forms part of the public collection at the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Kander was born in Israel but grew up in Johannesburg. He began photographing at 13 and later, when drafted into the South African Air Force, worked in the darkroom printing aerial photographs. He moved to London in 1986, where he lives with his wife, Nicole and their three children. His work appears in publications including The Sunday Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Another Man and Dazed & Confused. In 2009, The New York Times Magazine devoted an entire issue to »Obama’s People«, his 52 portraits of President Obama’s inaugural administration. Exhibitions include »Obama’s People« (Flowers Gallery, London, 2009), »Obama’s People«( Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 2009), »Yangtze From East to West« (Flowers Gallery, London, 2008 & Shanghai Art Museum, China, 2006) »Keep your Distance« (Palais de Tokyo, 2005). Kander was named International Photographer of the Year at the 7th Annual Lucie Awards in 2009 and has also received awards from the Art Director’s Club and IPA in the USA, the D&AD and the John Kobal Foundation in the UK and Epic in Europe. He was awarded the Royal Photographic Society’s Terence Donovan Award in 2005 and 2007. Other accolades include winner of the prestigious Prix Pictet Earth 2009, for his »Yangtze, The Long River« series and Silver Photographer of the Year Award at Lianzhou International Photo Festival 2008 in China.

Selected Talks
Royal College of Communication London, 2010
BFF 40th Congress Germany, 2009
The Royal Geographical Society London, 2008

Books
Obama’s People (2009)
Night (2003)
Beauty’s Nothing (2001)

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