Nino Herman

Nino (Chananya) Herman (; born 1952) is an Israeli art-photographer.

Biography Nino Herman was born in Tel Aviv, and raised in Ramat Gan from the age of four. His father Gaby (Gabriel) Herman, was among the founders of Kibbutz Ein Gev. He has an older sister, Judith. Herman's paternal grandfather, Dr. Yehuda Hugo Herrmann (1887-1940), born in Mährisch-Trübau (Moravská Třebová), was one of the leaders of the Bar Kochva organization. He was editor of the "Selbstwehr" and "Jüdische Rundschau" and worked with Shmuel Yosef Agnon on the Passover-book "Chad Gadya" (1914) and the Hanukkah-book "Maoz Tzur" (1918). He immigrated to Palestine in 1934 and settled in Jerusalem.

His maternal grandfather, Erich Pintus, was one of the directors of the Shell Oil Company in Germany.

Photography career At the age of 17, Herman began to work as assistant at the photo-studio of Ephraim Kidron in Tel Aviv (1969-1971).

He also worked as freelance photographer for newspapers, for "Olam HaKolnoa", together with the journalist G. Itor (1971-1973). He worked on behalf of Maariv as news and feature photographer, and later as photographer at the Jerusalemite edition of the newspaper. Together with the photographer Eli Hershkowitz he founded the photo-agency "Zoom 77" which provided pictures to Yedioth Ahronoth, Associated Press, and Time Magazine (1977-1979).

In 1987–1998, Herman worked as pictures editor at the Maariv news desk. After an accident that left him injured, he quit this job. In 2000 his son Yair, who served as photographer in the IDF, was killed in a road accident, and Nino stopped photographing.

In 2009 he came back, as art photographer, specialized also in snapshots of people.

Ronit Tzur, the curator of the exhibition "Tel Aviv – Berlin in transition", wrote: "In dozens of snapshots taken of ordinary people on the street, and of various ethnic groups, he draws a map of Tel Aviv South. His approach with sensitivity, and full respect for every individual, enables Nino to produce a sort of authentic and credible documentary. His camera catches sidewalk scenes and captures the atmosphere of the city whose life flows on streets and in coffee shops."

Herman pictures also nature, his recent collection "Outside my window", shown in the framework of "Daily Images" in August 2015 at the "Erev Rav" site, entertains a dialogue with painting.

In 2000–2012, Herman was art advisor at "Set Productions"

His writings and pictures appear in the "Grand angle" blog 2011–2013, in Maariv nrg "Wind objective", in "Photographs on site, and "second opinion".

He is a member of the cooperative Gallery "A place for Art", at Kiriat Hamelacha, Tel Aviv South.

In 2016 he exhibits solo exhibition at the Laurie M. Tisch Gallery at JCC Manhattan in New York.

Gallery

Solo exhibitions 2009 "Anita Ice Parlor", moments for everyone, curator Tchiya Herrmann, advisor Joel Florentin 2011 "Movie images II", Tel Aviv Cinematheque, curator Tchiya Herrmann, advisor Udi Rosnoin 2011 "Between Nataf and Florentin", Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, curator Joel Kantor 2012 "Not a private name", Hebrew Culture House, curator Yael Kotler Kalderon 2012 "Movie images" ,Jerusalem Cinemateque, curator Tchiya Herrmann 2013 "Echos" at Bar Kayma Tel Aviv, curator Tchiya Herrmann 2014 "Naan photo paper" at Kibbutz Gallery, curators Hamutal Friedberg and Dorit Kopit 2016 "Bamakom. The photography of Nino Herman", The Laurie M. Tisch gallery, New York 2017 "Passer-by", Artist's House, Rishon Le Zion, curator: Jennifer Bloch. 2017 Artist wall - Nino Herman in "Photosophia" by Pierre Poulain", studio gallery, curator: Shuki Kook 2017 "Notes from Tel Aviv", Jewish community centre of Kraków", curator: Tamar Eisen Goldstein 2018 "BAMAKOM (in the Place) Photographs of Israel Spanning Four Decades by Nino Herman", PJCC Art Gallery, Osher Marin, Kurland Stairwell Gallery, San Francisco. 2019/20 - "City/Village", Artspace Tel Aviv, curator: Nir Harmat. 2021 - "Open space", Beit Daniel, curator: Yahel Sachs. 2024 - "Know This, Fragile Time", Artspace Tel Aviv.

Group exhibitions 2013 "Tel Aviv – Berlin in transition", "Beit Bebyamini", curator Ronit Zor 2013 A bridge to the invisible the New Akropolis, Tel Aviv, curator Ira Bess 2013 "Nothing" the Artists House Rishon LeZion, curators Jenifer Bloch, Chen Balili, Rafy Carmel, Ester Shoshani 2013 Exhibition at Bank HaPoalim, the Organization for prevention of HIV, curators Li Mor, Cohen 2014 "Timeout" the Zadik Gallery Jaffa, curators Yaira Jasmin and Tsipi Menashe 2014 The prime Minister in slippers, at the Knesset, curator Avi Ohajon 2014 Art About – Israeli Worldwide Exhibition, Jewish Art exhibition, Munich, curator Li-Mor Cohen 2015 "Bastards" differences as creative process, at Open from Aleph Gallery, curator Kobi Carmi 2015 "Bread and Roses" exhibition and sale, at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design 2016 "Tel Aviv, Berlin, in transit", Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, curator: Ronit Zur 2016 "Bar Kochba – the historical memory and the myth of a hero, Eretz Israel Museum, curator Sara Tur-El 2016 "100th birthday" Yitzhak Shamir with a steel pencil, the Menachem Begin Memorial Centre and Prime Minister's office 2016 "C / ABC, Landscape in three parts", Benjamin Gallery, curator Sivan Feinsilber and Tamar Eisen 2016 "Homeland, MIgdal Ziv, Ramat HaChayal, curators Etty Fabian and Orit Kimmel 2016 "9 X Artist Wall", Artspace Tel Aviv 2017 "Dayan family album 1908-2017", Sturman house, curator Guy Raz. 2017 “Until She Did Not Know” (Ad lo Yadaa), Ben-Ami Gallery, Tel-Aviv, curator: Johanan Herson. 2017 "Reflection", Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut artist's house, curators: Gabi Yair, Nava Ron 2018 "I to Eye", Israel Museum, Curator: Shir Meller-Yamaguchi. 2018 "70 Artists celebrating 70 years for Israel!", Three Rivers Art Project, NY. 2018 "Late Blooming", Avraham hostel, Tel Aviv, curator: Dafna Abulafia. 2018 "Lost Landscapes and Hidden Maps", Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, curator: Monica Lavi. 2018 "Artist Walls*9", Art Space Tel Aviv, curator: Nir Harmat. 2018 "Israeli chutzpah", Holon Institute of Technology, curator: Michal Chill. 2019 "Missing link", Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut artist house, curators: Gabi Yair and Tal Gelfer. 2020 "Few days", Art Space Tel Aviv, curator: Nir Harmat. 2020 "BANAI: A Musical Journey from Persia to Jerusalem", Tower of David Museum, curator: Tal Cobo. 2020 "The Landscape & the Sacred", Contemporary Art Exhibition – Mitzpe Hayamim, curator: Sharon Toval. 2021 "Dawn", Artspace Tel Aviv, curator: Yair Barak.