Nancy Farese Photography

Nancy Farese Photography Since its inception photography has been used as a tool for social change; to expose abuse, tell a story, and drive social action.

I work with NGOs to achieve that end, and to advertise their diverse missions for social betterment. I have enjoyed partnerships with such organizations as The International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, The Carter Center, Room to Read, Magic Bus India, Right to Play/USA, Internews, and the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center. I also do this work because my “camera can take me someplace I

otherwise don’t belong." I find myself in a village of weavers high in the Andes of Peru, watching a child learn to play in peace at The San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center, or sitting with a Ugandan woman entrepreneur in a hut on the banks of the Nile that floods every year and has no running water but remarkably she wears a clean white apron and smiles with pride as she tells me her story of success; I pinch myself often. I can’t run a weaving co-opt for 600 village weavers, and I can’t interpret the sandbox play of an abused child to understand her trauma, and her therapy, but I can see them through my lens. I can see the light drawing a line around the face of the genocide survivor telling her story in Rwanda. I can see the reflections of the kids playing soccer in the drizzle at a refugee camp in The West Bank. I can see the stories that bind our human experience, helping me to understand as much about myself as those that appear in my images.

I don’t know, just random pretty light in New York, in June.
06/10/2026

I don’t know, just random pretty light in New York, in June.

6s and 7s, and almost 60 years apart.Happy Summer 💥
06/01/2026

6s and 7s, and almost 60 years apart.
Happy Summer 💥

Title: Trust Was Once an American Superpower Accepted! I am honored to participate with 2 pieces in an upcoming show at...
05/21/2026

Title: Trust Was Once an American Superpower
Accepted! I am honored to participate with 2 pieces in an upcoming show at the New Orleans Photo Alliance in collaboration with Kolaj Institute - a much admired organization representing all things collage. As my work has ventured into political collage, I have been particularly inspired by the place that they hold in this art.

Title: This is a Military Invasion. Accepted! I am honored to participate with 2 pieces in an upcoming show at the New O...
05/21/2026

Title: This is a Military Invasion.
Accepted! I am honored to participate with 2 pieces in an upcoming show at the New Orleans Photo Alliance in collaboration with Kolaj Institute - a much admired organization representing all things collage. As my work has ventured into political collage, I have been particularly inspired by the place that they hold in this art.

Working on lately- my new project is Mapping Dissonance: America 2025. A Visual Archive of an Extraordinary Year. More w...
05/18/2026

Working on lately- my new project is Mapping Dissonance: America 2025. A Visual Archive of an Extraordinary Year. More work coming soon.

Variations on how to photograph the cherry blossom trees in Central Park- PEAK VIEWING!
04/24/2026

Variations on how to photograph the cherry blossom trees in Central Park- PEAK VIEWING!

Poking around w some travel- now in NYC🎈
04/22/2026

Poking around w some travel- now in NYC🎈

Ok, remember how much fun Hipstamatic is? Inspired today by the wonderful photographer who presented a terrific body ...
04/17/2026

Ok, remember how much fun Hipstamatic is? Inspired today by the wonderful photographer who presented a terrific body of work w that camera at a workshop - great retro look for creativity

Something happy, from NYC
04/16/2026

Something happy, from NYC

Visuals are the universal language of our world. I am thrilled to recommend you join .io catchlight.io for our annual be...
03/31/2026

Visuals are the universal language of our world. I am thrilled to recommend you join .io catchlight.io for our annual benefit. It will feature and as they discuss the connection between decisions to evoke war and violence, and the images that make them real. The benefit is in San Francisco on May 1.

For tickets and other information go to .io

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