Welcome Nina Robinson (RAiR 2024-25)
Nina in her RAiR studio, 2024.
Nina Robinson is an award-winning documentary photographer, educator, and Fujifilm Ambassador known for her tender, cinematic, and visceral work. Her photography has been featured on international platforms such as Netflix, Lifetime, RollingStone, New York Times, and TIME, among others. She covers stories across the US, breaking visual prejudices of race, gender, class, and age. Robinson is particularly interested in themes of home, memory, endings, and beginnings, and how they manifest in the world and each of us. Her ability to find strength and meaning in the quiet, introspective moments is a defining characteristic of her work.
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“One of the greatest things we can do is to utilize the gifts within us to assist others to see or engage in ways that elevate their frequency levels. Encouraging people to build upon what they already possess within them, I use the photographic medium as a healing tool for myself and others, fostering more authentic conversations about how we see and how what we see shapes our world. My work is a blend of personal experiences, documentary storytelling, and fine art aesthetics.
Through my latest body of work, "Spirit Room," I explore the concept of time, delving into the cyclical nature of life and relationships, while reflecting on themes of death, beauty, and introspection. By merging techniques such as the Rorschach ink blots with cyanotype processes on glass and watercolor paper, I aim to evoke emotions and symbols reminiscent of the dream state or what I envision tears might resemble if they were to fall at our feet.
By addressing both the challenges of loss and the beauty of love, “Spirit Room” connects to memories of various chapters in my life, my family still present on this earth, and those who have become ancestors. Creating this body of work has allowed me to slow down in a fast-paced world, reflecting on my journey as a photographer and my visual exploration of the cycles of life and death. It has also enabled me to deepen my understanding of my bloodline and the long line of seers from which I descend.
I invite viewers to form their own interpretations of the symbolic language within each image and to explore the complexities of the human experience. For me, the conversation will always begin there.”
Untitled. From the series: Spirit Room, 2024, Cyanotype print on watercolor paper, 11” x 17.”
Untitled. From the series: Spirit Room, 2024, Cyanotype print on watercolor paper, 11” x 17.”
Breathe, 2022, From the series: Spirit Room. Double exposure, digital image.