ABOUT
Nancy Baron was born in Chicago and is now based in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California. In her fine art documentary photography, she uses portraits, landscapes, and architectural photographs to record the world nearby with a hopeful bias. Her background in filmmaking, including the documentary form, has inspired her to honor the still image while giving it a cinematic tone.
Nancy’s prints have been shown in group and one-person exhibitions internationally and are held in public and private collections. Her photography has been published in notable magazines and newspapers worldwide, including The New York Times, Madame Figaro, W Magazine, Architectural Digest, The Telegraph Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Fast Times, Mother Jones, and on the Apple, CNN, and BBC websites.
Baron’s two monographs, The Good Life > Palm Springs and Palm Springs > The Good Life Goes On are published by Kehrer Verlag and are held in the collection of the Library of Congress and in various museum libraries, including MOMA, LACMA, the Getty, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, and The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin.
Nancy’s third monograph, Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home, was published by Schiffer Books in September 2020.
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Good Life, PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2022 Into the Light, City of Lake Charles, LA Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center
2020 Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2020 Into the Light, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Into the Light, Temple Israel of Hollywood, Hollywood, California
2016 Beautiful Trailertown, Paul Kaplan Designs, Palm Springs, California
2016 Beautiful Trailertown, Spot Photoworks Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2015 The Good Life > Palm Springs, Gallery 446, Palm Springs, California
2014 The Good Life > Palm Springs, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2012 The Good Life > Palm Springs, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Center Forward 2023, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO
2023 Revisiting the Family Album: Stories that Bind Us, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft, Collins, CO
2023 (Untitled), Palm Springs, CA
2023 The Modernists, UC Riverside, Palm Desert CA
2021 A Yellow Rose Project, Boston University, Boston, MA
2019 Photoville L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2017 American Desert Dreams, Kehrer Galerie, Berlin
2017 The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2016 The Billboard Creative
2015 Old and New, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2014 Structure, Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
2014 Six shooters, Venice Arts Center, Venice, California
2014 Wet and Dry, Gallery 446, Palm Springs, California
2014 !CLICK! UC Riverside, Palm Desert, California
2014 Photo L.A. for ASMPLA
2013 Picture Society, Denver, Colorado
2013 Photo L.A. for Verge, a Duncan Miller Project, Los Angeles, California
2012 Six Shooters, Seaver Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2012 Dot.Com. GuatePhoto Festival, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2012 Les Rencontres Photographie, Arles France
2012 Photo L.A., for Gallery 825, Santa Monica, California
2011 Multiple Exposures, Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
2011 Summertime, Duncan Miller Projects Gallery, Santa Monica
2011 Gem, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
2011 About Face, Hous Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2010 Summer Mix: Images by LACMA's Photographic Arts Council, LA, CA
2010 Les Rencontres Photographie, Arles, France
MONOGRAPHS
2020 Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home, Schiffer Publishing
2017 Beautiful Trailertown, Self-published
2016 Palm Springs > The Good Life Goes On, Kehrer Verlag
2014 The Good Life > Palm Springs, Kehrer Verlag
HONORS
2020 Elizabeth Avedon’s Best Books of 2020
2020 New York Center for Photographic Arts, Juror Selection, Primary Colors
2019 Center for Photographic Art International Juried Exhibition, Solo Show Award
2016 Center for Fine Art Photography, Director’s Honorable Mention for Portraits
2015 Palm Springs Photo Festival Slide Show Finalist, I Went to the Dogshow
2014 American Photo Magazine lists The Good Life > Palm Springs as one of the best books of the year
2014 Denver Post names The Good Life > Palm Springs one of best of year
2014 Palm Springs Photo Festival, Slide Show Finalist, The Good Life > Palm Springs
2013 Palm Springs Photo Festival, Slide Show Finalist, Freeway Phobia
2012 Palm Springs Photo Festival, Slide Show Finalist, Now it’s a Church
2010 TAG California Open Exhibition 2010, Honorable Mention
2010 Palm Springs Photo Festival, Slide Show Finalist, Palm Springs Life
2009 International Photo Awards, First Place, People - Weddings, Vegas, I Do
2007 Palm Springs Photo Festival, Slide Show Finalist, Vegas, I Do
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Society of Media Photographers
Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles
Texas Photographic Society
College of the Canyons Photography Department Advisory Board Member