Nina Berman

Nina Berman is a documentary photographer, filmmaker, journalist, and professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Her work looks at war, militarism, trauma, and environmental justice. She is a 2025 Guggenheim fellow, the author of three books, and is represented in numerous public collections including the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the Smithsonian.

At the Institute, Berman will research communities which have formed in response to the climate crisis and the failure of political leadership to make the substantial systemic changes required to protect and sustain life.