Bio

Nancy Newberry is a Texas-based, award-winning photographer. Her work explores a sense of place and the relationship between individuality and social affiliation. She has received many honors for her work from both publications and institutions. Most recently, she received The Griffin Museum of Photography, Richards’ Family Trust Award (2018); was a Grand Prix Finalist at the 32nd International Festival of Fashion and Photography in Hyeres, France; received the Descubrimientos (Top Discovery) PhotoEspaña Prize in Madrid; Kolga Photo Award in Tbilisi, Georgia; PhotoVisa Award in Krasnodar, Russia; FotoFest Discoveries of the Meeting Place in Houston; and The Taylor Wessing Portrait Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London (2012, 2017).

Ms. Newberry's photographs can regularly be seen in the pages of magazines and are in the permanent collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Spain; and Villa Noailles, Hyères, France. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US, Europe and China. She can often be found chasing tumbleweeds between her home in Dallas and Marfa, Texas.

Photo courtesy of Jeff Baker