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Join photographer and Sony Artisan Nancy Borowick for an intimate walk and conversation exploring her four-year journey creating The Loss Mother’s Stone, as she shares insights on documenting personal stories, the power of vulnerability, and the collaborative process with the mothers who lived them.
Presenters: Nancy Borowick
Location: Photoville Information Booth
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Take a walk with photographer, mother and Sony Artisan Nancy Borowick as she breaks down her process of developing long form documentary projects. She will dive deep into her 4-year journey working on The Loss Mother’s Stone, exhibited on a cube in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and will candidly discuss what she learned, tips and tricks for working on intimate stories, the challenges and successes of getting those stories published, and will answer all the questions. She will be joined by some of the mothers featured in the project who will share what it was like working with a photographer on such a difficult but important topic.
Nancy Borowick is an internationally renowned photographer, author, teacher, and speaker, bringing her personal stories to universities, hospitals, oncology units, and community groups globally.
Nancy is a Sony Artisan of Imagery and a graduate of the International Center of Photography. She 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, and most recently, the Humanitarian Award from the organization Women That Soar for her photography and recent monograph, The Family Imprint.
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 her subjects and explore their lives. Her work has been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, National Geographic, NPR, Time magazine, CNN, Bloomberg, Stern magazine, and the Wall Street Journal.
Originally from New York, Nancy resides on the island of St. John in the USVI with her husband, two sons, and island dog Einstein.
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