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Nora Williams

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Nora Williams is a photographer from South Carolina specializing in documentary and portrait photography. Nora brings a keen eye for storytelling and composition. Her innate talent for capturing the essence of people and places has led her to work with numerous publications and commercial clients. Nora’s work is driven by deep curiosity, observation, and desire to understand diverse narratives that make up the human experience.Through her lens, she shines a light on both the beauty and challenges of life to provoke thought, inspire empathy, and create a space for dialogue and understanding.

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

January 2023

Tethered, Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art Center Charlotte, NC

Selected
Publications / Editorial

2023

  • The New York Times - Unconscious Bias in Health Care Puts Pregnant Black

  • Women at Higher Risk

  • The New York Times - When Tim Scott Tried to Appeal to Black Voters, and Lost

  • The Washington Post - Tim Scott’s Girlfriend

  • Boston Globe - Transplant Patients Say New Medicare Gudigance Puts Their

  • Donated Organs At Risk

2022

  • The New York Times - Front Page (Food) - A Cook Who Never Used a

  • Cookbook Now Has Her Own

  • The Wall Street Journal - Mansion Section - Buy Out Thy Neighbor

  • The New York Times - Colleges Facing a Generation of Students

  • Buffalo Wild Wings & MTN Dew Legend Team Up With Basketball Stars Klay

  • Thompson & A’ja Wilson To Revamp Local Basketball Courts For The Next Generation of Legends.

2021

  • Huff Post - This Organization Fights For Black Girls Targeted By Over Policing And School Pushout

  • Today - NBC News - The serious and sometimes deadly complications of COVID-19 on pregnancy

  • The New York Times - Federal Aid to Renters Move Slowly, Leaving Many At Risk

  • The Wall Street Journal - They Wanted a Place Where Friends and Family Could Stay. So They Bought the House Next Door.

  • Hearst Magazines - Oprah Daily - Cecil Williams on His Lifelong Career as a Civil Rights Photographer

  • Rolling Stone - Meet the Women Bringing Weed to the Deep South

  • The Washington Post - Climate & Environment - Black people are about to be swept aside for a South Carolina freeway - again

2020

  • The Washington Post, The Missing Black Voters

Artist Talks

2022

  • Artist Talk , Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC

2020

  • B&H: Photography & Activism: Black Women Photographers in 2020

Books

2022

  • Winfrey, Oprah, and Nikole Hannah-Jones. Lift Every Voice: A Celebration of Black Lives. Hearst Home, 2022.

Professional Experience

2023 

  • Assistant Director of Public Relations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

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