Born in 1961, Nadav Kander lives and works in London. Selected past projects include "Yangtze - The Long River,"winner of the Prix Pictet award in 2009; "Dust," which explores the vestiges of the Cold War through the radioactive ruins of secret cities between Kazakhstan and Russia; "Bodies 6 Women, 1 Man"; and "Obama's People," an acclaimed 52 portrait series commissioned by the New York Times Magazine. Kander's work is held in collections including the National Portrait Gallery, London; the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; and the Statoil Collection, Norway. His exhibitions include those at the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; the Museum of Applied Arts, Cologne; and Somerset House, London. Kander's recent awards include an Honorary Fellowship Award from the Royal Photographic Society and the Sony Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award 2019.