13 Facts About Nadav Kander

Nadav Kander HonFRPS was born on 1961 and is a London-based photographer, artist and director, known for his portraiture and landscapes.

Nadav Kander received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society in 2015, and won the Prix Pictet award.

Nadav Kander's father flew Boeing 707s for El-Al but lost his eye and was unable to continue flying.

Nadav Kander's parents decided to start again in South Africa and moved to Johannesburg in 1963.

Nadav Kander began taking pictures when he was 13 on a Pentax camera, which he bought with his Bar Mitzvah money.

Nadav Kander moved to London in 1986, where he still resides with his wife Nicole and their three children.

Nadav Kander is best known for his Yangtze - The Long River series, for which he earned the Prix Pictet Prize.

Nadav Kander never photographed farther than twenty miles from the river itself.

In 2010 to 2012 Nadav Kander photographed a series of nudes - Bodies.

On 18 January 2009, Nadav Kander had 52 full colour portraits published in one issue of The New York Times Magazine.

In July 2012, Nadav Kander exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London with a series of portraits celebrating London's hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In 2014 Nadav Kander was among the 18 photographers chosen to be a part of Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age, an exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London, and toured, which explored the ability of architectural photography to reveal wider truths about our society.

Nadav Kander is a Trustee of The Lowry in Salford, Greater Manchester.