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Biography |
Dominic Nahr, 25, was born in Switzerland and raised in Hong Kong where he established himself as a photojournalist. There, he worked for the South China Morning Post as a staff photographer for a year (’05-’06) before going to East Timor to photograph for L’Agence France-Presse (AFP). |
| In early 2007 he traveled to the Gaza Strip to photograph for New York Photo Agency, Polaris Images. In late 2007 he became a freelance photographer in New York and Toronto. Dominic graduated from Ryerson University with a Bachelor of Fine Art in June 2008. |
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Appeared In: |
| Newsweek |
Time Magazine |
| GQ Magazine |
Sunday Times Magazine |
| The Fader |
The Guardian |
| Macleans |
PDN Magazine |
| The Globe and Mail |
British Journal for Photography |
| South China Morning Post |
BBC Online |
| Diário de Notícias |
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| Books |
| 2007 Magenta Flash Forward book for Emerging Photographers (Group) |
| 2007 South China Morning Post Hong Kong 10 Year Handover Anniversary (Group) |
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| Awards |
| 2008 Magenta Flash Forward book for Emerging Photographers |
| 2008 Photo District Annual: Student Work |
| 2008 POYi: Magazine News Picture Story, Award of Excellence |
| 2007 Runner-Up College Photographer of the Year, 1st Place International Picture Story, 3rd Place Portraits, 3rd Place Spot News |
| 2007 Ian Parry Grant, Honourable Mention |
| 2007 Magenta Flash Forward book for Emerging Photographers |
| 2007 Photo District News Photo Annual, Student Work |
| 2006 61st College Photographer of the Year Award:1st Place International Picture Story |
| 2005 Eddie Adams Workshop, Getty Images Assignment Award |
| 2005 Hong Kong News Awards, 2nd Runner-Up |
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| Exhibitions |
| 2008 'When Brothers Fight' Projection,Look3, Charlettesville Virginia , USA |
| 2008 'When Brothers Fight', Contact Festival, Ryerson Gallery, Toronto , Canada |
| 2008 'Magnum Workshop', Contact Festival, Contact Gallery, Toronto , Canada |
| 2008 'Tears of Timor' Sound Alive Festival, National Film and Sound Archive , Australia |
| 2007 'When Brothers Fight', Camera, Toronto, Canada |
| 2007 Ian Parry Group Show, Getty Images Gallery, London, England |
| 2007 Ryerson 3rd Year Contact Group Show, Niagra Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| 2006 Hong Kong Press Photographer Award, Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong, China |
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