Nancy Borowick is an internationally renowned photographer, author, teacher and speaker, delivering over 50 speaking engagements each year around the world, bringing her personal story to universities, hospitals, oncology units and community groups globally.
Nancy is a graduate of the International Center of Photography and has exhibited her work in over 100 cities. Working regularly with the New York Times since 2013, Nancy has told the intimate stories of people and places from every corner of the globe winning her major accolades and awards, such as World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year International, The Arnold Newman Prize and most recently the Humanitarian Award from the organization Women That Soar for her photography and recent monograph, The Family Imprint. She is a Sony Artisan of Imagery and in 2019 was invited to become a Kickstarter Thought Leader.
Over the last decade, Nancy has narrowed the focus of her work, telling stories of health, struggle and personal relationships, using compassion, humility and trust as tools to connect with and explore the lives of her subjects.
Her work has been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines, including National Geographic, Time Magazine, CNN, PDN, O the Oprah Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Audubon Magazine, AARP, The Washington Post and Glamour Magazine.
Nancy currently resides on the island of St. John, USVI with her husband, two sons and 13-year-old dog named Einstein.
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Education
2010
Photojournalism & Doc Photography One-Year Certificate, International Center of Photography, NYC, USA
2007
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Photography from Union College, NY, USA
Book Publication
2017
Release of the monograph, THE FAMILY IMPRINT by Nancy Borowick, foreword by James Estrin of the New York Times (Hatje Cantz, May 2017; distributed by DAP)
Awards
2024
Short List, Athens Photo Festival for "The Loss Mother's Stone" Greece
2023
Winner, Julia Cameron Award for Category Women Seen By Women, Spain
2018
Winner, Humanitarian Award by the Women That Soar organization, USA
Winner, German Photo Book Award for The Family Imprint, Bronze Prize, Germany
2017
Winner, PDN Photo Annual Book Prize, The Family Imprint, USA
Winner, International Photo Awards, 1st prize for Documentary Books, USA
Top Finalist, International Photo Awards, 2nd prize for People category, USA
Top Finalist, Pictures of the Year International, Best Photography Book, USA
Honorable Mention, Schönsten deutschen Bücher German Book Award, Germany
NPR Best Books of 2017 for The Family Imprint, USA
NPR Favorite Visual Stories of 2017, USA
Wall Street Journal Book Shelf 2017 for The Family Imprint, USA
Photo-Eye Best Books of 2017 for The Family Imprint, USA
Women Photograph, Best Books of 2017 for The Family Imprint, USA
2016
Winner, World Press Photo, 2nd prize, Long Term Projects category, The Netherlands
Finalist, World Report Award, Italy
2015
Winner, National Geographic + Visura Contest, USA
Winner, Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture, USA
Honorable Mention, Contemporary Issues Story, NPPA Best of Photojournalism, USA
2014
Winner, Eddie Adams Workshop Award- Innovation in Visual Storytelling, USA
Winner, Emerging Photographer Magazine, USA
Winner, New York Photo Festival, Photo World, USA
Winner, Lens Culture Top 5 Emerging Talent, exhibition in Spain, Japan & UK
Winner, Best of ASMP 2014 featured photographer, USA
Winner, Selected Participant in the New York Times Portfolio Review, USA
Short List Finalist, Pix Palace-Visas de l’ANI Prize, France
Runner-Up, Forward Thinking Museum, Joy of Giving Competition, USA
2013
Winner, Magenta Foundation Emerging Photographer, USA
Exhibitions
2024
Fotonostrum, Mediterranean House of Photography, Loss Mothers Stone, Spain
Candela Gallery, Memory Orchards Group Show, Loss Mother's Stone, VA, USA
2023
Xposure Festival, Featured Photographer, Dubai UAE
Kunsthalle Erfurt, Group Show, Germany
2022
Fotomuseum Haag, “Parents” group exhibition, The Hague, The Netherlands
2021
Deichtorhallen Hamburg Museum, "Family Affairs" group exhibition, Hamburg, Germany
2019
Museum for Sepulchral Culture, Lamento Exhibition, Kassel, Germany
Third Floor Gallery, Some People Exhibition, Chicago, USA
2018
Head On Festival, Sydney, Australia
Darmstadt Photo Days, Darmstadt, Germany
German Cancer Congress Convention, Germany
Photographic Social Vision, Barcelona Spain
Athens Photo Festival Book Exhibition, Greece
2017
Anastasia Photo Gallery, NYC, USA
United Photo Industries Gallery, Five-month public installation, NYC, USA
F3 Gallery- Freiraum fur fotografie, Berlin, Germany
Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore
Trento Festival of Economics and Health Impacts, Trento, Italy
Ono Cultural Center, Bern, Switzerland
The Burns Arts Atrium Gallery, Union College (Schenectady, NY, USA)
2016
World Press Photo International (Travelling show - 100 cities)
Festival of Ethical Photography, Lodi, Italy
Lumix Festival, Hanover, Germany
Photojourn Festival, Thailand
Xaviar Miserachs Biennial, Girona, Spain
Refraction Gallery, Wisconsin, USA
2015
Visa Pour L’Image Festival, Perpignan, France
International Photo Festival, Leiden, Netherlands
Guate Photo Festival- New York Times Exhibition, Guatemala
International Center of Photography Take Ten Alumni Show, USA
Pop Up Mopla Emerging Photographer, Los Angeles, USA
Just Another Photo Festival, New Delhi, India
Photoville, New York Times feature, NYC, USA
Celeste Familydom Show, Italy
Look 3 Festival of the Photograph, Virginia, USA
2014
Visa Pour L’Image Festival projection, Perpignan, France
Oberstdorf Fotogipfel Festival, Oberstdorf, Germany
Obscura Photo Festival, Malaysia
Angkor Wat Photo Festival, Cambodia
Valid Photo Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2013
Open Show featured projection of Cancer Family, USA
2010
Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York City, USA
International Center of Photography full-time student show, USA
Media Coverage: Print, Television, Radio and On-line
2023
Publication, Bloomberg News, Story about Virgin Islands Attorney Gen, USA
Publication, Feature Story Online, Shotkit, Australia
Publication, National Geographic, Secret Life of Dogs, USA
Publication, The Virgin Island Source, multiple articles, USA
Podcast, B&H Photo National Pet Month feature, USA
2022
Podcast, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
Publication, Melodie & Rhythmus, Feature about Guam neo-colonialism, Germany
Publication, Leben Jetzi, Feature story on The Family Imprint, Germany
Publication, Women in Photojournalism spotlight in book by Sophia Rothstein
Publication, Magazine cover shoot for University of Wisconsin School of Business, Wisconsin, USA
2021
Podcast, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
Podcast, Sony Alpha Photographer’s Podcast with Tony Gale, USA
Publication, Buzzfeed, Photographer Mom’s during Covid, USA
Publication, The New York Times, New York Publica Libraries Reopen, NYC, USA
Publication, The New York Times, Covid Long Haulers, NYC, USA
Publication, B&H Photo Explora feature, NYC, USA
Online Interview, Faces of Postpartum, Montreal, Canada
2020
Podcast, B&H Photo Video, Photography Has Nothing to Do with Cameras, USA
Podcast, Adorama Photo, NYC, USA
Podcast, United Nations of Photography, feature photographer, UK
Publication, National Geographic Photo Books Perfect for Armchair Travel, USA
Publication, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, photo feature, Germany
2019
TV Special, CGTN America, Full Frame, USA
Podcast, Kickstarter's Just The Beginning Inaugural Episode, USA
Podcast, Sony Alpha Universe, How to Be a Better Visual Storyteller, USA
Publication, National Geographic, feature - tourism on the island of Guam, USA
Publication, The New York Times Lens Blog, 20 Photographers From a Decade of Lens, USA
Publication, Tricycle Magazine, A Good Enough Death, USA
Publication, Brigitte Magazine, Germany
Book Publication, Documentary Photography Reconsidered by Michelle Bogre, Bloomsbury Press, USA
Book Publication, La Imagen Desvelada by Rebeca Pardo, Spain
2018
TV Special, EFE, Barcelona, Spain
TV Special, Channel 3 Ala Carta, Barcelona, Spain
Podcast, Voice America, interview with Kim Thiboldeaux
Radio Interview, ABC's The Drawing Room, Sydney, Australia
Video Interview with Photowings, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Publication, Catorze, Barcelona, Spain
Publication, VICE, Sydney, Australia
Publication, O, the Oprah Magazine- Ghanaian advocate Nana Amoako-Anin, USA
Publication, World Press Photo, From Photo Essay to Photo Book, The Netherlands
Publication, The Jewish Report, Sydney, Ausrtralia
Publication, Profifoto, The Family Imprint review, Germany
Publication, Elin Spring Photography, The Family Imprint review, USA
Publication, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Germany
Publication, A Photo Editor, The Family Imprint review, USA
Publication, DoFoto, Slovakia
2017
TV Special, CBS Sunday Morning, Portrait of a Family, USA
TV Special, NBC News, Public Photo Exhibition about Family with Cancer, USA
TV Special, ART National German Television: A Life in Death Exhibition, Germany
Podcast, NPR's All Things Considered, Our Last Year Together, USA
Podcast, RBB Culture Radio, Berlin, Germany
Podcast, The Photo Brigade at Adorama Photo, NYC, USA
Live Interview, DDK with World Press Photo, Paris, France
Publication, Wall Street Journal, "What to Give: Books on Photography," USA
Publication, Glamour Magazine, Powered By Women February Issue, Spotlight, USA
Publication, The Washington Post, Health and Science feature, USA
Publication, Interview Magazine, Faces of 2017, USA
Publication, Univision, Our Final Year Together, USA
Publication, CNN, The Gift Of Time feature, USA
Publication, STAT News, A Community Forged by Loss, USA
Publication, Los Angeles Times , Interview and photo feature, USA
Publication, The Straights Times , Singapore
Publication, De Volkskrant Newspaper, The Netherlands
Publication, Huffington Post, Italy
Publication, Wired.com, USA
Publication, Petapixel, USA
Publication, Donna Magazine, Germany
Publication, Electrify Magazine, USA
Publication, Leica Fotografie International, Germany
Publication, Brigitte Magazine, Germany
Publication, Berner Zeitung , Switzerland
Publication, Zeit Magazine , Germany
Publication, The Daily Mail UK, England
Publication, Polka Press Magazine, Poland
Publication, EditionF Magazine, Germany
Publication, Pacific Daily News, feature, Guam
Publication, Review in Zeke Magazine, USA
Publication, Review in Amateur Photography Magazine, UK
Publication, Review in Pop Photo Magazine, China
Publication, Wall Street Journal, “Saipan: The Island Where Chinese mothers Deliver American Babies, USA
Publication, The New York Times, 10 Stories following the nuclear threat towards Guam by North Korean leader Kim Jung Un, USA
2016
Publication, The New York Times Lens Blog- photographs and story, USA
Publication, Stern Magazine, Germany
Publication, Internazionale Magazine, Italy
Publication, Time Magazine Lightbox, USA Publication, Huck Magazine, UK
Publication, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Switzerland
Publication, Politiken, Denmark
Publication, Fotographie Magazine, The Netherlands
Publication, Doc! Photo Magazine, Poland
Publication, Jewish Press Berlin, Germany
Publication, Haaretz, Israel
Publication, M Magazine, Sweden
Publication, Donna Moderna Magazine, Italy
Publication, Narratively, USA
Publication, SheKnows Online, USA
Publication, CNN, The Republican Candidates for US President, USA
2015
Publication, The New York Times, print and online Album feature, USA
Publication, Newsweek Japan, 16-page spread, Japan
Publication, National Geographic PROOF online feature, USA
Publication, Slate, BEHOLD Photo Blog, USA
Publication, The Verge, President for Life Essay, USA
2014
Publication, The New York Times, print and online feature, USA
Publication, IOdonna Magazine, USA
Publication, Photo District News Magazine, print and online feature, USA
Publication, Vision Project, USA
Publication, Buzzfeed, UK
Publication, LensCulture, UK
2013
Publication, The New York Times, Cancer Family, Ongoing feature in 4 parts, USA
Publication, International New York Times, France
Publication, The New York Times Lens Blog, two posts, USA
Publication, Huffington Post, USA
Publication, Daily Mail, UK
Publication, Feature Shoot, USA
2012
Publication, Newsday Newspaper, USA
2011
Publication, Time Magazine Lightbox feature of Cancer Family, USA
Publications, Newsday Newspaper, USA
Speaking, Teaching and Judging
2024
Speaker, Keynote at RootsTech Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah
Speaker, B&H Photo, The Live Mentor Series, Virtual, USA
2023
Speaker, Xposure International Photography Festival, Keynote, Sharjah, UAE
Speaker, Dikan Center for Photography, Accra, Ghana
Speaker, Art for the Heart Workshop, Maine
Speaker, Pfizer UK, Guest Storyteller, UK
2022
Speaker, B&H Photo x Sony Live Mentorship Monthly Series, NYC, USA
Speaker, ICP class with photographer Natan Dvir, USA
Speaker, Guest Interview in year-long workshop with Kirsten Lewis Photography, USA
Speaker, Falmouth University Dept of Photography, Falmouth, UK
Speaker, Camera 35 Photograph Club, Newfoundland, Canada
Speaker, Sony Alpha Female Programming, California, USA
Speaker, Bennington College Dept of Photography, VT, USA
Speaker, American Photographic Artists Club, NYC, USA
Speaker, Art for the Heart Workshop, Maine, USA
Teacher, The Photobook Bootcamp at Maine Media Workshops, Maine, USA
2021
Speaker, IDEO creative monthly meeting, USA
Speaker, Musea Gathering Photography Workshops, USA
Speaker, Raw Society Workshop, Spain
Speaker, Precision Camera Workshop in partnership with Sony, Texas, USA
Speaker, The New York Times summer program with James Estrin, NYC, USA
Speaker, The Alfabetismo Visual School, Brazil
Panelist, Dallas Center for Photography Webinar, Texas, USA
Teacher, Sony Artisan Sessions, USA
2020
Keynote Speaker, Friends of Fearless Photo Conference, Austin, Texas, USA
Panelist, Dallas Center for Photography Webinar, Texas, USA
Judge, Documentary Family Awards, NYC, USA
Judge, Dallas Center for Photography Open Call, Texas, USA
Teacher, Sony Alpha Sessions, USA
2019
Keynote Speaker, Northwell Health Survivors Day Celebration, NY, USA
Panelist, Moet Chandon x Modern Loss, NYC, USA
Speaker and Organizer, Kickstarter x Photoville Panel and Workshop, NYC, USA
Speaker and Teacher, Sony KANDO Workshop, Oregon, USA
Speaker, Funeral Directors Conference, NYC
2018
Keynote Speaker, Twist Out Cancer Annual Gala, Chicago, USA
Speaker, Real Life Photo Conference, Canada
Speaker, Photographic Social Vision, Barcelona Spain
Speaker, Takeda Pharmacuticals, Cambridge, Massachusettes, USA
Speaker, ReImagine Conference, NYC, USA
Speaker, Women That Soar Award Ceremony, Dallas, USA
Speaker, HeadOn Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia
Speaker, Fox Gallery and Darkroom, Melbourne, Australia
Speaker, Darmsdadt Days Photo Festival, Germany
Judge, The Arnold Newman Prize, Maine, USA
Judge, The Head On Festival, Sydney, Australia
2017
Speaker, International Center of Photography, “The Intimate Lens,” NY, USA
Speaker, Turn of the Corkscrew Books and Wine, NY, USA
Speaker, Chappaqua Library, NY, USA
Speaker, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
Speaker & Reviewer, NOOR Agency collaboration @ Atelier Neerlandais, Paris, France
Speaker, Theimers Magasin Bookstore, Copenhagen, Denmark
Speaker, Schwarzer Montag cultural space, Zurich, Switzerland
Speaker, Pakhaus de Zwijger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Speaker, Konst-ig Bookstore, Stockholm, Sweden
Speaker, Sautter & Lackmann Bookstore, Hamburg, Germany
Speaker, Mariana's Young Professionals Annual Meeting, Saipan, USA
Speaker, Sibley Hospital/Johns Hopkins presentation “Leaning into Fear,” DC, USA
Speaker, Union College Garnet Guard Luncheon, Schenectady, NY, USA
Speaker, Temple Beth Am, Miami, Florida, USA
Speaker, Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore
Speaker, GRMC Hospital talk with patients and caregivers, Guam, USA
Guest Lecturer, Ostkreuz Agentur der Fotografen, Berlin, Germany
Panelist, International Center of Photography about book development, NYC, USA
2016
Speaker, Trondheim Documentary Festival, Norway
Speaker, Norrlandsdagarna Photo Festival, Sweden
Speaker and Panelist, World Press Photo Awards Days, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Speaker, NYU Graduate School of Journalism, USA Speaker, NYU Undergraduate School of Journalism, NYC, USA Speaker, Parsons School of Design, NYC, USA
Speaker, CUNY School of Journalism, NYC, USA
Speaker, B&H Event Space, NYC, USA
Speaker, The International Center of Photography, NYC, USA
2015
Speaker, PDN Photo Expo at the Jacob Javitz Center, NYC, USA
2014
Speaker, School at the ICP, International Center of Photography, NYC, USA
Speaker, SVA, School of the Visual Arts, NYC, USA
Speaker, Parson’s School of Design, NYC, USA
Speaker, CUNY School of Journalism, NYC, USA
Speaker, NYU, New York University, NYC, USA
Speaker, Union College, Schenectady, NY, USA