Charles Arnold series kicks off with documentary photographer

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Photograph by Nina Berman

Nina Berman presents at the first Charles Arnold Lecture Series hosted by RIT 's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences

RIT’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences hosts its first Charles Arnold Lecture Series of the year with a presentation by award-winning documentary photographer Nina Berman.

Berman’s talk is at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public. Berman will give a lecture and presentation called “Homeland.” She has been around the world, but spends the majority of her time traveling the United States trying to understand the American way of life. She has won numerous awards including a World Press Photo Foundation Award and an Award of Excellence in the Pictures of the Year International Competition for her wedding portraits of a U.S. Marine who was severely injured in a suicide bombing in Iraq.

The portraits are from Berman’s series “Purple Hearts” in which she documents the lives of American soldiers after they return home from the Iraq War. Her photographs have been published in numerous publications including Time, Life, National Geographic, Harpers, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and the New York Times magazine. On Thursday, Nov. 8, Berman will host a student colloquium and portfolio review for photography majors from 9 a.m. to noon in the Gannett Building, room 3140. For more information, call 475-2770.