Documenting Sensitive Stories with Nancy Borowick

Photojournalist Nancy Borowick shares her personal journey of capturing sensitive stories. Nancy provides a breakdown of her creative process, explaining how she approaches difficult subjects, and shares 2 projects that are personal to her.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:17 - Motherhood, identity, and storytelling
• 2:48 - Finding inspiration
• 7:26 - Creating projects that feed the soul / Nancy's father’s story
• 23:04 - Why photograph in black and white
• 25:15 - Continuing the project with her mother
• 31:38 - Expanding the project and memorializing the story through a scrapbook
• 33:02 - Publishing the project
• 37:17 - Photography as a therapeutic practice
• 38:00 - The beginning of a new project "The Lost Mother Stone"
• 46:45 - Motherhood’s influence on photography

Sponsored by