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Nick Danziger
| Rosemary Scoular |
| World-renowned photographer Nick Danziger was born in 1958 of dual English/American parentage. He went to school in Switzerland and later attended Chelsea School of Art in London, subsequently holding one-man exhibitions of his artwork in London and New York. His work as a professional photographer began in the late eighties with two travel books: ‘Danziger’s Travels’ (1987), which became an immediate bestseller, and ‘Danziger’s Adventures’ (1993). A third book published in 1996, ‘Danziger’s Britain’, was said by the UK’s Independent newspaper to be, ‘so important that every one of us should read it and weep.’ His photographic book, ‘The British’ (2001), was awarded Best Monochrome Illustrated Book by The British Book Design & Production Awards in 2002, and was selected by The Sunday Times as one of its Photography Books of The Year. His photographs have appeared in newspapers and magazines worldwide, toured museums and galleries in four continents, and are held in numerous museum collections including the National Portrait Gallery in London, the National Media Museum in Bradford and Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow. He has won several prestigious awards for his work, including in 2004 the World Press Photo 1st Prize in the Single Portrait Award for his ‘mirror’ image of Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George W. Bush. The picture was taken during Danziger’s 30-day, ground-breaking study of a Prime Minister at war. His subsequent exhibition, ‘Blair at War’, was shown at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2007 and, in 2009, at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. In 2007, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Photographic Society, and he is holder of the Royal Geographical Society’s Ness Award in recognition of raising public understanding of contemporary social, political and environmental issues through documentary films and photography. In 1996, he was nominated for Journalist of the Year by the Royal Television Society in Britain. More recent photographic projects have included a study of the impact of armed conflict as seen through the eyes of 10 women in eight countries affected by war. He also recently travelled to eight of the world’s poorest countries to photograph individuals living in extreme poverty. The aim was to document the progress being made towards meeting the eight ‘Millennium Development Goals’ set by the United Nations to eradicate poverty by 2015. Nick Danziger is also a distinguished documentary filmmaker with numerous television films to his credit. In June 1991 his documentary video film ‘War, Lives and Videotape’ (based on the children abandoned in Marastoon mental asylum in Kabul) won the prestigious Prix Italia for best television documentary. He is also an accomplished public speaker, who regularly gives illustrated talks in North America, Europe and Asia at universities museums, corporations and public events. |
| Rosemary Scoular |
Inspired by a taste for adventure and by the comic strip reporter Tintin, Nick Danziger took off alone on his first trip to Paris in 1971 aged 13. Subsequent journeys took Nick further afield; to South and Central America, the Middle and Far East, as well as Africa. Nick`s initial ambition was to be an artist. He graduated with an MA and taught art school and was represented by a gallery. But his desire to travel remained, becoming more and more interested in people’s daily lives, often living and working side by side with people living in the margins of society be it in Afghanistan, Colombia, Mongolia, Kosovo, Ethiopia and Great Britain. He has worked amongst traumatized populations living in war zones and in neighbourhoods undermined by social conflicts. For Danziger photography, writing and documentary filmmaking are all means for capturing and recording what he sees. Books, films and photography: In 1982, Nick Danziger was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship to follow traditional ancient trade routes from Turkey to China and documented his adventures in his diaries. Danziger`s Travels, the book that resulted from this journey, became an immediate bestseller, and he never looked back. Two books followed: Danziger’s Adventures and Danziger’s Britain. In 1991 he made his first documentary film, War, Lives and Videotape, based on children abandoned in the Marstoon mental asylum on the outskirts of Kabul. It was shown as part of the BBC`s video diaries and won the Prix Italia for best television documentary film. His subsequent documentaries have been commissioned by the BBC, Channel 4 (UK) and The Discovery Channel. In 2004 he won the World Press Award in the single best portrait category for his ‘mirror image’ of Tony Blair and George Bush as they went to war in Iraq in April 2003. His photographic books include The British where he returns to his roots, Missing Lives about people who went missing during the recent Yugoslav wars, and Mana a unique behind the scenes look at New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team. Onze Femmes, tracing the lives of 11 women from countries in conflict over the last 10 years will be published in August 2011. His images have been published by Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Stern, The Times, Paris Match, L’Espresso, … and are in the collections of The National Portrait Gallery, The National Media Museum, The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow, … His photographs have in the past year been exhibited at the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada; the National Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the Morgan Library and Museum, New York City; USA and the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy. Exhibitions in the next 6 months are scheduled for Nice, Monaco, Auckland, Paris and London. A selection of his work can be viewed at: www.nickdanziger.com |
