Nanna Heitmann


Nanna Heitmann is a German documentary photographer. She joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in 2019. Heitmann was living in Moscow.
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Early life and education

Heitmann was born in Ulm, Germany and grew up in Germany. She studied photojournalism and documentary photography at the University of Hanover.

Life and work

Heitmann joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in 2019.
For the series Hiding from Baba Yaga, Heitmann traced the southern regions of the Yenisey river, which runs from Mongolia, through all of Siberia, and into the Arctic Ocean. Along its route she photographed individuals and communities living in some of the coldest territories in Russia. The series Weg vom Fenster is about the workers at Germany's last operating coal mine,.
Heitmann's personal work has been published by National Geographic, Time, Le Monde, de Volkskrant, and Stern magazine. She has worked on assignments for The New York Times, Time, The Washington Post, Stern magazine, and The Seattle Times.

Personal life

she was living in Moscow.

Publications

  • Foto Kunst Malerei: Fotografien von Heinrich Strieffler und Nanna Heitmann. Landau, Germany: Knecht, 2019..

Awards

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Nanna Heitman, Leica Gallery, Zingst, 2020

Group exhibitions