Bio
Nina Raingold is an award-winning portrait photographer and photo editor based in Bristol, UK. With a background in picture editing in the editorial and charity sectors (The Times, Save The Children, Getty Images), Nina is interested in photography as a tool for social engagement. In recent years, her projects on education and maternal well-being have been featured in the national press.
Nina’s work has been published by the BBC, Time, Newsweek, The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, New York Magazine, The British Heart Foundation and Save The Children, amongst others. She is a contributor to Getty Images and was shortlisted for The British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Humanity Award 2023.
Nina currently splits her time between freelance photo editing and photography assignments, and her work as a documentary family photographer. Many of our most complex and meaningful social interactions take place at home. Applying a photojournalistic approach to everyday family life has been a growing focus in both Nina’s commercial and editorial work.
Contact
ninaraingoldphotography@gmail.com
Recent Awards, Publications and Exhibitions
Without Family There is No Life, The Observer Magazine, September 2024
Crossing Sectors exhibition at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, July 2024
Family Photojournalist Association - 5 pro awards in 2023 (ranked in Top 25 International Documentary Family Photographers)
British Journal of Photography, Portrait of Humanity award 2023 – Shortlisted
Portrait of Humanity Volume 5, Hoxton Mini Press, 2023
Family Photojournalist Association - 3 pro awards in 2022
Everyday Delight, Shutterhub Publications, 2022
Road Trip, Shutterhub Publications, 2022
Letters from Lockdown by Natasha Kaplinksy, Hachette, 2021
Pregnancy in Lockdown: The Babies Born into a Pandemic, BBC News, 2021
Lockdown Pregnancy: Meet some of the Mums whose Babies Have Been Born into a Pandemic, The Bristol Post, 2021
A Child’s Eye View of Homeschooling in Pictures, The Guardian, 2021
Portrait of Humanity Award
In 2023, Nina was shortlisted for the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Humanity award. This prestigious award celebrates diversity, community and unity through photography, capturing the moments that make us what we are. The 200 shortlisted images were featured in the Portrait of Humanity Volume 5 book, published by Hoxton Mini Press.
