Nanna Heitmann Explained

Nanna Heitmann (born 1994) is a German documentary photographer,^[1] currently living in Moscow.^{[2] [3]} She joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in 2019.^[4]

Life and work

Heitmann was born in Ulm, Germany^[1] and grew up in Germany.^[5] Heitmann studied photojournalism and documentary photography at the University of Hanover in Germany.^[1] She joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in 2019.^[4]

For the series Hiding from Baba Yaga, Heitmann traced the southern regions of the Yenisey river, which runs from Mongolia, through all of Siberia, and into the Arctic Ocean. Along its route she photographed individuals and communities living in some of the coldest territories in Russia.^{[6] [7] [8]} The series Weg vom Fenster (Gone From the Window) is about the workers at Germany's last operating coal mine, .^{[9] [10]}

Heitmann's personal work has been published by National Geographic,^[5] Time,^[9] Le Monde,^[11] de Volkskrant,^[12] and Stern magazine.^[13] She has worked on assignments for The New York Times,^[14] Time,^[15] The Washington Post,^{[16] [17] [18]} Stern magazine,^[19] and The Seattle Times.^[20]

Publications

• Foto Kunst Malerei: Fotografien von Heinrich Strieffler und Nanna Heitmann. Landau, Germany: Knecht, 2019. .

Awards

• 2019: Winner, Newcomer Award, Leica Oskar Barnack Award, for her series Hiding From Baba Yaga^{[21] [22]}
• 2019: Sunday Times Award for Achievement, the Ian Parry Scholarship, for her series Hiding From Baba Yaga^{[23] [24]}
• 2020: Finalist (1 of 9), W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, for "Russia's Pandemic of Inequality"
• 2022: World Press Photo, Europe, Stories for "As Frozen Lands Burn"^[25]
• 2024: Finalist, Feature Photography, https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-associated-press-1

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Nanna Heitman, 2020, Leica Gallery, Zingst.^[26]

Group exhibitions

• Essere Umane – Le grandi fotografe raccontano il mondo, Museo San Domenico di Forlì, Italy, 2021/22^[27]
• Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum, International Center of Photography, New York, 29 September 2022 – 9 January 2023^[28]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-01-24. Nanna Heitmann's best photograph: a wild horse race in sweltering Siberia. 30 October 2019. The Guardian.
2. Web site: 2021-01-24. Bio – Nanna Heitmann. nannaheitmann.com.
3. Web site: Julia Gomez. Kramer. 2021-01-24. Adjusting to Life at Home. 9 April 2020. The Cut.
4. Web site: 2021-01-24. Nanna Heitmann. www.worldpressphoto.org.
5. Web site: 2021-01-24. Surreal scenes inside Russia's battle against the pandemic. 17 August 2020. National Geographic.
6. Web site: 2021-01-24. Hiding from Baba Yaga by Nanna Heitmann. thisispaper.com.
7. Web site: 2021-01-24. Nanna Heitmann documents isolation along the banks of the Yenisei river. www.1854.photography.
8. Web site: 2021-01-24. Fotografo - PhotoVogue - Vogue. www.vogue.it.
9. 2021-01-24. It's Lights Out at Germany's Last Coal Mine. Time.
10. Web site: 2021-01-24. Hannoversche Studentin wird Magnum-Fotografin. HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine. 10 December 2019 .
11. News: 2021-01-24. Photos. Les derniers mois des gueules noires de la Ruhr. Le Monde.fr.
12. Web site: 2021-01-24. De mannen van de laatste kolenmijn kloppen het zwarte stof van elkaars rug.. de Volkskrant.
13. Web site: 2021-01-24. Im Ruhrgebiet hat die letzte Zeche geschlossen – nicht alle freuen sich über den Kohle-Ausstieg. stern.de. 27 February 2019 .
14. News: Kendra. Pierre-Louis. Nanna. Heitmann. 2021-01-24. Warming Waters, Moving Fish: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Iceland (Published 2019). The New York Times. 29 November 2019. 0362-4331.
15. 2021-01-24. East Germans Were Welcomed to the West with Free Money. Here's What They Bought After the Berlin Wall Fell. Time.
16. News: Isabelle. Khurshudyan . 2021-01-24. Russia's baths hold on to communal spirit in age of distancing. The Washington Post.
17. News: 2021-01-24. A local's guide to Moscow. The Washington Post.
18. News: Andrei Muchnik. 2021-01-24. A guide to local favorites in Patriarch's Ponds. The Washington Post.
19. Web site: 2021-01-24. Nachtschicht am Hochofen 8 - die Angst vor dem Ende in der Stahlsparte von Thyssenkrupp. stern.de. 20 May 2018 .
20. Web site: Warming Waters, Moving Fish: How Climate Change is Reshaping Iceland . 29 November 2019 .
21. Web site: 2021-01-24. American photographer wins 2019 Leica Oskar Barnack Award - Capture magazine. Capture.
22. Web site: 2021-01-24. Nanna Heitmann, Hiding from Baba Yaga. Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
23. News: 2021-01-24. Powerful images from the 2020 Ian Parry awards. 0140-0460. The Sunday Times.
24. Web site: 2021-01-24. Nanna Heitmann. Ian Parry Scholarship.
25. Web site: As Frozen Land Burns World Press Photo . 2022-12-03 . www.worldpressphoto.org.
26. Web site: Nanna Heitmann Leica Camera US . 2022-12-03 . leica-camera.com.
27. Web site: Essere Umane – 30 grandi fotografe raccontano il mondo . 2022-12-03 . it-IT. essereumane.it.
28. Web site: 2022-07-14 . Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum . 2022-12-03 . International Center of Photography . en.