Nina Berman from San Antonio: Gun Rally Fashion Then and Now
At the Alamo that day, I saw a whole new generation of gun owners who wore their weapons like Madison Avenue socialites wear their Hermes bags.
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Scenes From the Stop and Frisk March — Photos by Nina Berman
These photos were taken at Sunday’s silent march in Manhattan protesting the NYPD’s bias in conducting racially-biased searches. The man’s suit and the quote as a historical reference seem to anchor this gentleman in the civil rights movement, an effect he quite likely had in mind. (His sign reads:...
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Riot Horse. (Photo by Nina Berman.)
Why would police put a horse in the middle of a riot anyway?
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Their Own Perimeter: Vets Discard Medals in Week's Most Poignant Moment. (Photos by Nina Berman from the NATO Summit.)
Although clashes between police and demonstrators led the news from Chicago, the main act Sunday was the massive protest march which saw members of Iraq Veterans Against the War throwing their medals away.
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The Pacification of Protest. (Photo by Nina Berman from the NATO Summit.)
Between these two faces are also overriding questions about the physical and perceptual battle these large urban demonstrations have become.
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Put On a Happy Face. (Nina Berman From the NATO Summit)
Nina Berman is in Chicago documenting events on the ground during the 2012 NATO Summit. These reports are based on our phone conversations about the events and her imagery. This is the first installment.
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Nina Berman at Occupy Wall Street: Magnetism on the Upper West Side
If the Occupy Wall Street movement has been born out of alienation and deep political cynicism, this first image is a hopeful and welcome sight.
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Nina Berman at Occupy Wall Street: Sweeping Victory
Really, if Bloomberg and Brookfield wanted a fight, the issues of hygiene and the consideration for public quality of life were some really odd values to try and hinge it on.
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Nina Berman at Occupy Wall Street: The Statue of Liberty Re-Imagined
What I see is the Statue of Liberty beautifully re-imagined in a young face with brown skin (consistent with the country's demographic trend line).
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Nina Berman at Occupy Wall Street: Beyond the Hula Hoop
If you can avoid rolling your eyes, what you'll be able to see is the hip-shaking arrival of New York City's "first responders" to the utter collapse of economic justice.
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Reconstructing 9/11 with Nina Berman — The Still-Shattering Beehive
The argument is that the free market proved the main catalyst for the destruction that day.
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Reconstructing 9/11 with Nina Berman: Windows on the World
What's impressively prescient is how much the juxtaposition captures the equally blunt, hysterical and binary thinking of the Bush Administration's reaction to the 9/11 attacks.
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Nina Berman in Florida: Abortion Patient As Perp
This is what women’s healthcare looks like today. In the face of pro-life protesters and a history of violence against abortion providers, women, whether seeking abortions, morning after pills, pap tests, or HIV screening, are forcibly thrust onto an open stage where an extremely private undertaking becomes a public passion play.
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Nina Berman: Poisoned While Deployed
Veterans Day: Nina Berman's reportage of Iraq veterans suffering from illnesses attributed to toxic exposure at Army Burn Pits.
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Nina Berman: Prosperity Gospel
Nina Berman photographs Bishop Eddie Long in his mega-church and the "Prosperity Gospel."
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Nina Berman: Big Jesus Remembered
“I think it’s a sign of the end of the world,” said Paul Wright, 21, of Oxford. “If lightning is going to strike God, then there’s no hope.” –from “Rebuilt Jesus statue will be fireproof, pastor says.” (Dayton Daily News) The end of the world? How about, a symbolic...
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Nina Berman Looking at the Tea Party
What’s smart and, yes, respectful about Nina Berman’s Tea Party photos is that they aren’t taking the Tea Party any more or less seriously than the party’s frustrations, on the one hand, and their antics, on the other. –Michael Shaw
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War is Personal – World Press
Of all the World Press Photo award winners announced Friday, the picture that seems to be generating the most word-of-mouth is one by Eugene Richards. The photo of the severely injured Sgt. José Pequeño and his mother is part of a series of stories on Iraq veterans. Here, we...
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