1969 - Nina Hamberg, Self Portrait
2016 - Nina Hamberg, Self Portrait
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I started documenting the struggle for women’s rights in 1969. I was twenty-one, a Fine Arts photography major at San Francisco State University, and a young feminist working with other women to end sexism.
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Nina Hamberg was raised by a bright light of a women who taught her daughter she could be anything she wanted, and who demonstrated what was possible by completing her doctorate at 50.
Photographs from Nina Hamberg's Women's Movement Series have been featured in "Mother Jones," exhibited at Sotheby's Institute of Art New York, and selected as the cover art for a University of Massachusetts Press publication. Images from the series were also selected for the Top 50 Critical Mass photography award.
Early in her career, Hamberg created and co-produced a television mini-series, “Age Is a Work of Art” that premiered on the San Diego PBS-affiliate station and was nominated for an Emmy award. She has a MSW degree in Gerontology from San Diego State University and a BA degree in Fine Arts Photography from San Francisco State University.
She resides in Northern California. In addition to her visual arts practice, she is an award-winning self-published writer and creative-writing teacher.
Photographs from Nina Hamberg's Women's Movement Series have been featured in "Mother Jones," exhibited at Sotheby's Institute of Art New York, and selected as the cover art for a University of Massachusetts Press publication. Images from the series were also selected for the Top 50 Critical Mass photography award.
Early in her career, Hamberg created and co-produced a television mini-series, “Age Is a Work of Art” that premiered on the San Diego PBS-affiliate station and was nominated for an Emmy award. She has a MSW degree in Gerontology from San Diego State University and a BA degree in Fine Arts Photography from San Francisco State University.
She resides in Northern California. In addition to her visual arts practice, she is an award-winning self-published writer and creative-writing teacher.
Nina Hamberg - C.V.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts Photography Major 1968 – 1972
Post under-graduate degree academic study 1974-1975
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Master of Social Work, Gerontology Emphasis 1976 – 1978
San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Career
Residential Treatment Counselor: 1972-1973
San Francisco Boys’ Home, San Francisco, California
Educational Outreach Coordinator and Grant Writer: 1978 – 1980
San Diego State University Center on Aging, San Diego, California
Public Relations Manager: 1981-1982
Park Ridge Hospital, Rochester, New York
Communications Manager: 1982-1983
National Advanced Systems, Mountain View, California
Public Relations Director: 1983-1985
KPMG Main Hurdman, San Francisco, California
Founder and President, Marketing and Communications Firm: 1986-2004
Hamberg Taylor Associates, San Francisco, California
Post-Career
Partner: 2005-2008
Ascent Development LLP, Franklin, North Carolina
Writer: 2008-2011
Grip: A Memoir of Fierce Attractions, Route One Press, Half Moon Bay, California
Winner: First Prize - Maui Writers Conference, Best Memoir - BAIPA Book Award
Creative Writing Teacher: 2013-present
Route One Press, Half Moon Bay, California
Sole proprietor: 2016-present
Kimono Secrets, Half Moon Bay, California
Feminist Activism
Co-organizer of feminist symposium, "The Oppression of Women," 1969
First feminist college symposium on women's rights during the Second Wave
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Co-founder of Independent Campus Women, 1969-1972
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Co-creator of feminist speaker’s bureau. Organized teams to give talks throughout the San Francisco Bay Area on the impact of sexism, 1970
Created presentation on Women’s Image in the Media. Gave this talk scores of times in the San Francisco Bay Area at women’s centers, high schools and colleges, 1970-1972
Editor, San Francisco Women’s Liberation Newsletter, 1970
Photography Exhibits
"Portraits of Feminists," San Francisco Women's Center, 1972
Twelve 8"x10" mounted images.
"The New Elderly," San Diego State University, 1979
Fifteen 11”x14” mounted images.
"Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going," 2025
Atlanta Photography Group - Critical Mass Top 50 exhibition
One 36" x 36" mounted and framed image.
"Vantage Point," CCA Exhibition Annual Meeting, 2025
Sotheby's Institute of Art New York
Six 11"x14" mounted and framed black-and-white images.
Video and Film
"The Last Day of Miss Mettler," 1972
Wrote and directed 15-minute 16mm feminist film
Shown at San Francisco Women's Center
"Changing Focus," 1978
Study of portrayal of the elderly on television.
Aired on KPBS, the San Diego Public Broadcasting Station affiliate.
"Age Is A Work of Art,” 1978
Pitched concept and produced three out of six episodes in series.
Co-production of San Diego State University on Aging and KPBS, the San Diego Public Broadcasting Station affiliate. Series nominated for an Emmy.
Publications
The Daily Gaitor, "Why Liberation," 1969
Lead article and three photographs in San Francisco State University student newspaper.
Astrolabes, 1975
Volume of poetry by Nellie Hill, David Hoag and Elizabeth Keeler.
Published six photographs.
Modern Maturity (now AARP), 1978
Magazine of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), circulation: 23 million. Eight portraits of members comprising full-page spread.
Mother Jones, December 2023
"This is the Time to Have That Purpose Again: Revisiting the Front Line of Second-Wave Feminism Through Photographs." Interview with Nina Hamberg and publication of ten photographs.
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2021/12/nina-hamberg-second-wave-feminism-protests-abortion-rights-photographs/
"Closely and Consciously: Reading and the US Women's Liberation Movement” Cover Art.
Written by Yung-Hsing Wu, University of Massachusetts Press, 2024
Photography Awards
Photo Lucida Critical Mass Top 50 2024
https://www.photolucida.org/critical-mass/top-50/?cm_year=2024
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts Photography Major 1968 – 1972
Post under-graduate degree academic study 1974-1975
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Master of Social Work, Gerontology Emphasis 1976 – 1978
San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Career
Residential Treatment Counselor: 1972-1973
San Francisco Boys’ Home, San Francisco, California
Educational Outreach Coordinator and Grant Writer: 1978 – 1980
San Diego State University Center on Aging, San Diego, California
Public Relations Manager: 1981-1982
Park Ridge Hospital, Rochester, New York
Communications Manager: 1982-1983
National Advanced Systems, Mountain View, California
Public Relations Director: 1983-1985
KPMG Main Hurdman, San Francisco, California
Founder and President, Marketing and Communications Firm: 1986-2004
Hamberg Taylor Associates, San Francisco, California
Post-Career
Partner: 2005-2008
Ascent Development LLP, Franklin, North Carolina
Writer: 2008-2011
Grip: A Memoir of Fierce Attractions, Route One Press, Half Moon Bay, California
Winner: First Prize - Maui Writers Conference, Best Memoir - BAIPA Book Award
Creative Writing Teacher: 2013-present
Route One Press, Half Moon Bay, California
Sole proprietor: 2016-present
Kimono Secrets, Half Moon Bay, California
Feminist Activism
Co-organizer of feminist symposium, "The Oppression of Women," 1969
First feminist college symposium on women's rights during the Second Wave
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Co-founder of Independent Campus Women, 1969-1972
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Co-creator of feminist speaker’s bureau. Organized teams to give talks throughout the San Francisco Bay Area on the impact of sexism, 1970
Created presentation on Women’s Image in the Media. Gave this talk scores of times in the San Francisco Bay Area at women’s centers, high schools and colleges, 1970-1972
Editor, San Francisco Women’s Liberation Newsletter, 1970
Photography Exhibits
"Portraits of Feminists," San Francisco Women's Center, 1972
Twelve 8"x10" mounted images.
"The New Elderly," San Diego State University, 1979
Fifteen 11”x14” mounted images.
"Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going," 2025
Atlanta Photography Group - Critical Mass Top 50 exhibition
One 36" x 36" mounted and framed image.
"Vantage Point," CCA Exhibition Annual Meeting, 2025
Sotheby's Institute of Art New York
Six 11"x14" mounted and framed black-and-white images.
Video and Film
"The Last Day of Miss Mettler," 1972
Wrote and directed 15-minute 16mm feminist film
Shown at San Francisco Women's Center
"Changing Focus," 1978
Study of portrayal of the elderly on television.
Aired on KPBS, the San Diego Public Broadcasting Station affiliate.
"Age Is A Work of Art,” 1978
Pitched concept and produced three out of six episodes in series.
Co-production of San Diego State University on Aging and KPBS, the San Diego Public Broadcasting Station affiliate. Series nominated for an Emmy.
Publications
The Daily Gaitor, "Why Liberation," 1969
Lead article and three photographs in San Francisco State University student newspaper.
Astrolabes, 1975
Volume of poetry by Nellie Hill, David Hoag and Elizabeth Keeler.
Published six photographs.
Modern Maturity (now AARP), 1978
Magazine of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), circulation: 23 million. Eight portraits of members comprising full-page spread.
Mother Jones, December 2023
"This is the Time to Have That Purpose Again: Revisiting the Front Line of Second-Wave Feminism Through Photographs." Interview with Nina Hamberg and publication of ten photographs.
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2021/12/nina-hamberg-second-wave-feminism-protests-abortion-rights-photographs/
"Closely and Consciously: Reading and the US Women's Liberation Movement” Cover Art.
Written by Yung-Hsing Wu, University of Massachusetts Press, 2024
Photography Awards
Photo Lucida Critical Mass Top 50 2024
https://www.photolucida.org/critical-mass/top-50/?cm_year=2024