Nina Berman is an American documentary photographer. Her wedding photo of wounded Iraq War veteran Ty Ziegel and his bride, Renee Kline, won the 2007 World Press Photo

World Press Photo

World Press Photo is an independent, non-profit organization based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 1955 the organization is known for holding the world's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest....

 competition. She is the author of the book Purple Hearts - Back from Iraq (Trolley Books

Trolley Books

Trolley Books is an independent UK publisher, specialising in art and photography books. Areas covered by Trolley include social reportage, photojournalism/current affairs and contemporary art and architecture....

, 2004) portraits and interviews with 20 veterans, 2004. and the author of Homeland; faith and fear in post 9-11 America, 2008. In 2009, she became a member of NOOR, a photo collective based in Amsterdam.

Exhibition

• 2010: Whitney Biennial, Whitney Biennial
  Whitney Biennial
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  , Whitney Museum of American Art
  Whitney Museum of American Art
  The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
  
  , New York City
  New York City
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External links

• Nina Berman Photography
• NOOR photo collective
• Award-winning photograph of Ty Ziegel
• The face of war, Salon
  Salon.com
  Salon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online liberal magazine, with content updated each weekday. Salon was founded by David Talbot and launched on November 20, 1995. It was the internet's first online-only commercial publication. The magazine focuses on U.S...
  
  , 10 Mar 2007
• Words Unspoken Are Rendered on War's Faces, The New York Times, 22 August 2007