Public Project
An autobiography of Miss Wish
Photographed over twenty-five years in London and New York City, the story is told through multiple narrative elements including the protagonist’s vast personal archive which was safeguarded by the photographer who assumed the role of friend and advocate. The resulting collaborative book weaves together this archive of extraordinary drawings depicting memories of crime scenes, along with medical reports, diary entries, interviews, ephemera, and letters between the authors.
An autobiography of Miss Wish, is also a tale about two lives intertwined and the creative potential of collaborative documentary.
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Awards:
Aperture/Paris Photo Book Prize, 2019 (Shortlist)
Lucie Award Nomination, Kehrer and An autobiography of Miss Wish 2019
Deutsche Börse Foundation Photography Prize, 2019 (Long list)
Arles Photo Book/Text Award, 2018, (Shortlist)
L'oeil de la photographie books best of 2018
PDN Annual Book Award, 2018
Mother Jones Best Photo Book of 2017
Women Photograph Books of 2017
Lange/Taylor Prize - Center for Documentary Studies, finalist 2016
Reviews/Features
The New York Times
British Journal of Photography
Pacific Standard
Huck Magazine
Fire-cracker.org
Vice UK
PHMuseum
L'oeil de la photographie
Lenscratch
Fraction Magazine
a Photo Editor
Feature Shoot
Doc Photo Magazine
Il Post
Six Mois
Fotografi
Exhibitions:
Images SIngulieres: "An autobiography of Miss Wish," Solo Exhibition, Sete, France, 2019
Parsons School of Design, "Beyond Addiction, Reframing Recovery," New York City, USA, 2019
Organ Vida, Gallery Nova, Solo Exhibiition, Zagreb, Croatia, 2018
Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, 2018
Cinema Galleries, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
Maribor Art Gallery, "Vigilance, Struggle and Pride: Through Her Eyes" Maribor, Slovenia, 2018
Centro Internatzionale di Fotografia, "Women Photograph Women," Palermo, Italy, 2017
Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, "Re-imagining a Safe Space," New York City, USA, 2017
Events:
Focus on the Story
Artist Talk
June 3, 2020
Virtual
DOK Festival 19
Artist Lecture:
House of Literature
May 25, 2019
Fredrikstad, Norway
UC Berkeley- Reva and David Logan Photo Book Symposium
Panel Discussion: How We See: Photobooks by Women
Moderator Svetlana Bachevanova with Nina Berman and Janet Delaney
Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center,
Berkeley, California
May 4, 2019
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Documenting Diversity with Ruddy Roye and Lola Flash
New York NY
October 17, 2018
Power of Storytelling: Rewrite
Keynote speaker
Bucharest, Romania
October 12, 2018
Gallery Nova, Organ Vida Festival
Zagreb, Croatia
Exhibition opening
September 13, 2018
Recontres d'Arles
Book signing
July 5, 2018
Athens Photo Festival
Artist Lecture/Exhibition
Benaki Museum,
Athens, Greece
June 24, 2018
International Center of Photography (ICP)
Artist Lecture
New York City
June 5, 2018
Magnum Foundation
10x10 Book Salon
New York City
May 24, 2018
The New School
"Panel: Confounding Expectations: Picturing Addiction"
New York City
April 19, 2018
Monroe Gallery of Photography
AIPAD- Book Signing
New York City
April 8, 2018
Columbia University
Dart Center on Journalism and Trauma
"Documentary Storytelling and Collaborative Practices"
New York City
April 5, 2018
The New School
Institute for Transformative Mentoring
Center for New York City Affairs
Kimberly Stevens and Nina Berman in conversation
New York City
March 9, 2018
New York Academy of Medicine "Navigating Care for the Most Vulnerable"
New York City
February 21, 2018
Bronx Documentary Center
Artist Lecture with Kimberly Stevens; Bearing Witness
The Bronx, New York
February 1, 2018
Paris Photo
Eyes Magazine-Artist talk
Paris, France
November 10, 2017
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