Nanna Heitmann (born 1994) is a German-Russian documentary photographer,[1] currently living in Moscow.[2][3] She joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in 2019.[4]

Life and work

Heitmann was born in Ulm, Germany[1] and grew up in Germany.[5] Her mother is from Moscow, and always spoke Russian to her.[1][5] Heitmann studied photojournalism and documentary photography at the University of Hanover in Germany.[1] She joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in 2019.[4]

For the series Hiding from Baba Yaga, Heitmann traced the southern regions of the Yenisey river, which runs from Mongolia, through all of Siberia, and into the Arctic Ocean. Along its route she photographed individuals and communities living in some of the coldest territories in Russia.[6][7][8] The series Weg vom Fenster (Gone From the Window) is about the workers at Germany's last operating coal mine, Bergwerk Prosper-Haniel.[9][10]

I'm attracted to people who are shaped by their environment, who choose to live or work in extreme situations.[1]

Heitmann's personal work has been published by National Geographic,[5] Time,[9] Le Monde,[11] de Volkskrant,[12] and Stern magazine.[13] She has worked on assignments for The New York Times,[14] Time,[15] The Washington Post,[16][17][18] Stern magazine,[19] and The Seattle Times.[20]

Publications

  • Foto Kunst Malerei: Fotografien von Heinrich Strieffler und Nanna Heitmann. Landau, Germany: Knecht, 2019. ISBN 978-3939427513.

Awards

  • 2019: Winner, Newcomer Award, Leica Oskar Barnack Award, for her series Hiding From Baba Yaga[21][22]
  • 2019: Sunday Times Award for Achievement, the Ian Parry Scholarship, for her series Hiding From Baba Yaga[23][24]
  • 2020: Finalist (1 of 9), W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, for "Russia's Pandemic of Inequality"
  • 2022: World Press Photo, Europe, Stories for "As Frozen Lands Burn"[25]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Nanna Heitman, 2020, Leica Gallery, Zingst.[26]

Group exhibitions

  • Essere Umane – Le grandi fotografe raccontano il mondo, Museo San Domenico di Forlì, Italy, 2021/22[27]
  • Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum, International Center of Photography, New York, 29 September 2022 – 9 January 2023[28]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nanna Heitmann's best photograph: a wild horse race in sweltering Siberia". The Guardian. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  2. ↑ "Bio – Nanna Heitmann". nannaheitmann.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. ↑ Kramer, Julia Gomez (9 April 2020). "Adjusting to Life at Home". The Cut. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  4. 1 2 "Nanna Heitmann". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  5. 1 2 3 "Surreal scenes inside Russia's battle against the pandemic". National Geographic. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  6. ↑ "Hiding from Baba Yaga by Nanna Heitmann". thisispaper.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  7. ↑ "Nanna Heitmann documents isolation along the banks of the Yenisei river". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  8. ↑ "Fotografo - PhotoVogue - Vogue". www.vogue.it. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  9. 1 2 "It's Lights Out at Germany's Last Coal Mine". Time. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  10. ↑ "Hannoversche Studentin wird Magnum-Fotografin". HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  11. ↑ "Photos. Les derniers mois des gueules noires de la Ruhr". Le Monde.fr. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  12. ↑ "De mannen van de laatste kolenmijn kloppen het zwarte stof van elkaars rug". de Volkskrant. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  13. ↑ "Im Ruhrgebiet hat die letzte Zeche geschlossen – nicht alle freuen sich über den Kohle-Ausstieg". stern.de. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  14. ↑ Pierre-Louis, Kendra; Heitmann, Nanna (29 November 2019). "Warming Waters, Moving Fish: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Iceland (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  15. ↑ "East Germans Were Welcomed to the West with Free Money. Here's What They Bought After the Berlin Wall Fell". Time. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  16. ↑ Khurshudyan, Isabelle. "Russia's baths hold on to communal spirit in age of distancing". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  17. ↑ "A local's guide to Moscow". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  18. ↑ Andrei Muchnik. "A guide to local favorites in Patriarch's Ponds". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  19. ↑ "Nachtschicht am Hochofen 8 - die Angst vor dem Ende in der Stahlsparte von Thyssenkrupp". stern.de. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  20. ↑ "Warming Waters, Moving Fish: How Climate Change is Reshaping Iceland". 29 November 2019.
  21. ↑ "American photographer wins 2019 Leica Oskar Barnack Award - Capture magazine". Capture. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  22. ↑ "Nanna Heitmann, Hiding from Baba Yaga". Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  23. ↑ "Powerful images from the 2020 Ian Parry awards". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  24. ↑ "Nanna Heitmann". Ian Parry Scholarship. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  25. ↑ "As Frozen Land Burns | World Press Photo". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  26. ↑ "Nanna Heitmann | Leica Camera US". leica-camera.com. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  27. ↑ "Essere Umane – 30 grandi fotografe raccontano il mondo". essereumane.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  28. ↑ "Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum". International Center of Photography. 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
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