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Exhibiting at Somerset House from 18th April to 06th May
About the Artist
Born in Tel Aviv, brought up in South Africa. Nadav began taking photographs at the age of thirteen having bought his first camera with his Bar Mitzva money. Later, when called up for National Service he spent his time in the air force developing aerial photographs and it was then that he became absolutely certain of his desire to be a photographer. He moved to London when he was twenty-one. Established a studio four years later and went on to become one of his generation’s most successful photographers, internationally celebrated for his portraiture and landscapes. Commissioned by a vast range of global clients and publications, he has been exhibited worldwide and is included in prestigious International collections such as The National Portrait Gallery, London, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne and The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. He was awarded the Royal Photographic Society’s Terence Donovan Award in 2005 & 2009 and the prestigious Prix Pictet Award in 2009. Numerous monographs of his work have been published and his portrait series, ‘Obama’s People’ retains the position of being the largest portfolio by any one photographer, to be published in a single issue of the New York Times Magazine. In 2019 he was recognised at the Sony World Photography Awards, where he was presented with the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award’. He continues to live and work in London.
Client List
- Absolut Vodka
- Adidas
- Air France
- Almeida Theatre
- American Airlines
- Amnesty International
- Bacardi
- Barnardos
- British Airways
- BMW
- Burjuman
- Cartier
- Champion
- Charles Worthington
- Cinemax
- Dell
- Department of Health
- Dodge
- Empire Magazine
- English National Ballet
- Fedex
- Guinness
- HBO
- Heals
- Heineken
- Hewlett Packard
- Honda
- Hyundai
- HSBC
- Issey Miyake
- John Lewis
- Land Rover
- Levi's
- Lexus
- Libertys
- Marriott
- Mercedes Benz
- Morgan Stanley
- Nicole Farhi
- Nike
- Norton
- Orange
- Orbit Gum
- Powerade
- Puma
- Qantas
- Reebok
- Renault
- Tag Heuer
- Telegraph Magazine
- The National Theatre
- The New York Times
- TNT
- Samsung
- Sky Arts
- Sky Atlantic
- Sky Sports
- Sony
- St John's Ambulance
- Umbro
- Volkswagen
Books
Hatje Cantz
2014
When Nadav Kander learned of the existence of two “closed” cities on the border between Kazakhstan and Russia, he knew that he would have to visit them. For Dust he photographed the desolated landscapes of the Aral Sea and captured fascinating images of the restricted military zones of Priozersk and Kurtchatov, which did not appear on any map until well after the end of the Cold War.
Hatje Cantz
2013
Nadav Kander was inspired by ideas of Elizabethan purity to create these stunning photographic portraits of six nude females and one male. Terms such as “sculptural” and “monumental” are often applied to artworks that are neither. But Kander has created an unnerving stone-like serenity in these portraits.
teNeues
2012
“a long-overdue tribute to one of the most varied photographers of his generation” notes the publisher.This 96-page book features selections from Kander’s vast range of photography—nudes, portraits, landscapes, his Yangtze project, and more.
Flowers East
2009
Formal and frank, yet playful and stylised, Nadav Kander’s individual portraits of the 53 members of President Obama’s cabinet constitute one of the most significant commissioned photographic series of the decade.
Hatje Cantz
2010
Nadav Kander creates images in an age of radical change: in a series awarded the famed Prix Pictet in 2009, he photographed China in the process of revolution. Traveling along the Yangtze River, he took serene pictures of people haplessly facing overwhelming change. As Kander himself says: “China is a nation that appears to be severing its roots by destroying its past in the wake of the sheer force of its moving ‘forward’ at such an astounding and unnatural pace. People scarring their country, and a country scarring its people.“
German Photobook Award in Gold 2011
Arena Editions
2001
‘Beauty’s Nothing’ is composed of chapters of images, interleaved with short stories, poems, and essays, each responding to a particular image or section. Each sequence elaborates a narrative, at times driven by the commissioned texts and often arising from the friction between two dissociated images.
Exhibitions & Events
Solo Exhibitions
Flowers GalleryLondon
Flowers GalleryNew York
Torch GalleryAmsterdam, The Netherlands
Les Recontres d’ArlesFrance
Flowers GalleryLondon
Nanyang Academy of Fine ArtsSingapore
Blindspot GalleryHong Kong
Haggerty MuseumUSA
Flowers GalleryLondon
Edwin Houk GalleryZurich
Flowers GalleryNew York
Festival ImagesVevey, Switzerland
Forum Fur FotografieCologne, Germany
The LowryManchester, UK
Centro Adaluz de la FotografiaAlmeria, Spain
Camera Work GalleryBerlin, Germany
M97 GalleryShanghai, China
Flowers GalleryLondon
Camera Work GalleryBerlin, Germany
Kunsthallen NikolajCopenhagen, Denmark
Flowers GalleryLondon
Flowers GalleryLondon UK
Palais de TokyoParis, France
Acte 2 GalleryParis, France
Michael Hoppen GalleryLondon
Fahey Klein GalleryLos Angeles, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
Historical DockyardChatham
Scottish National Portrait GalleryEdinburgh, Scotland
Weserburg MuseumGermany
National Media MuseumUK
Mouravieff- Apostle House & MuseumMoscow
Museum of Contemporary PhotographyChicago
Flowers GalleryLondon
Flowers GalleryNew York
Flowers GalleryNew York
Barbican Art GalleryLondon
Arles, France
Flowers GalleryNew York
Somerset HouseLondon
Flowers GalleryLondon
MAKK CologneCologne, Germany
National Portrait GalleryLondon
Royal AcademyLondon
Noorderlicht Photo FestivalThe Netherlands
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary ArtIsrael
Three Shadow Space GalleryBeijing, China
Museum of Photographic ArtsSan Diego
Royal AcademyLondon
Musée de l’ElyséeLausanne, Switzerland
Moscow House of PhotographyMoscow, Russia
Caprice Horn GalleryBerlin, Germany
Empty Quarter GalleryDubai
Somerset HouseLondon
Royal AcademyLondon
Thessalonika Museum of PhotographyGreece
Centre National de L’audiovisualLuxemburg
Robert Koch GallerySan Francisco, USA
National Portrait GalleryLondon, UK
Lianzhou, China
Pékin Fine ArtsBeijing, China
National Portrait GalleryLondon, UK
Shanghai Art MuseumShanghai, China
National Portrait GalleryLondon, UK
Ariel Meyerowitz GalleryNew York, USA
Yancey Richardson GalleryNew York
National Portrait GalleryLondon
Yancey Richardson GalleryNew York
Proud GalleriesLondon
National Portrait GalleryLondon
Leeds Metropolitan Art GalleryLeeds, UK
Fahey Klein GalleryLos Angeles, USA
National Portrait GalleryLondon, UK
The Old Truman BreweryLondon
Saatchi GalleryLondon
Awards & Prizes
Sony World Photography Awards
The Royal Photographic SocietyUK
Lianzhou International Photo FestivalChina
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