An autobiography of Miss Wish is a story of a survivor of sex trafficking and child pornography and her struggle to survive and find physical and emotional safety, to assert herself as an artist and narrator, and to craft a life while living in a state of flashbacks, trauma and addiction.
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. Purchase Signed Copies
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
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
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
Nina Berman Photography
Nina Berman, documentary photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker, Professor at Columbia University Journalism School, artist, Whitney Biennial