Mamie Heldman (they/she) is a photographer and visual artist currently based in New York City and Nashville, TN.
They earned their BA in Communications at the University of Tennessee, and are a graduate of the Documentary Photography and Visual Journalism program at the International Center of Photography.
Coming of age in the American South shaped their understanding of nostalgia’s relationship to history and the metaphors that form as a result. Using the social landscape as a backdrop for visual storytelling, they are interested in dissecting how culture can both inform and constrain identity.
Working within femme and queer narratives, they are currently concerned with ideas of ritual, relic, religion and romance.
Education
2023 - Introduction to Trauma, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
2022 - Queer Theory, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
2021 - Introduction to Marxism, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
2017-2018 - Teaching Assistant for Karen Marshall, Documentary Seminar, International Center of Photography, New York City
2017 - Basecamp Workshop, The Collective Quarterly, Darien, Georgia
2016 - Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism, International Center of Photography, New York City
They earned their BA in Communications at the University of Tennessee, and are a graduate of the Documentary Photography and Visual Journalism program at the International Center of Photography.
Coming of age in the American South shaped their understanding of nostalgia’s relationship to history and the metaphors that form as a result. Using the social landscape as a backdrop for visual storytelling, they are interested in dissecting how culture can both inform and constrain identity.
Working within femme and queer narratives, they are currently concerned with ideas of ritual, relic, religion and romance.
Education
2023 - Introduction to Trauma, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
2022 - Queer Theory, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
2021 - Introduction to Marxism, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
2017-2018 - Teaching Assistant for Karen Marshall, Documentary Seminar, International Center of Photography, New York City
2017 - Basecamp Workshop, The Collective Quarterly, Darien, Georgia
2016 - Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism, International Center of Photography, New York City
Available for
commissions and
assignments:
contact@mamieheldman.com
+1 615 351 4817
Brooklyn, New York
contact@mamieheldman.com
Curation
2023 - Mamie Heldman feature exhibition with Wedgewood-Houston Arts, Nashville, TN
2018 - Jury Correspondent for the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, New York City
2018 - Curator of student exhibition Signal Crossings, International Center of Photography, New York City Selected Exhibitions
2017 - Belonging, Becoming, Being with London Photo Diary and Carmel by the Green, London
2016 - “Together, Us” for Another Kind of Paradise, International Center of Photography, New York City
Selected Print Publications
2024 (Upcoming) - Cover image for First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger
2017 - Golden Isles, The Collective Quarterly: Issue 7
2016 - Cover image and “Together, Us” for New York Edited: Identity, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin
commissions and
assignments:
contact@mamieheldman.com
+1 615 351 4817
Brooklyn, New York
contact@mamieheldman.com
Curation
2023 - Mamie Heldman feature exhibition with Wedgewood-Houston Arts, Nashville, TN
2018 - Jury Correspondent for the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, New York City
2018 - Curator of student exhibition Signal Crossings, International Center of Photography, New York City Selected Exhibitions
2017 - Belonging, Becoming, Being with London Photo Diary and Carmel by the Green, London
2016 - “Together, Us” for Another Kind of Paradise, International Center of Photography, New York City
Selected Print Publications
2024 (Upcoming) - Cover image for First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger
2017 - Golden Isles, The Collective Quarterly: Issue 7
2016 - Cover image and “Together, Us” for New York Edited: Identity, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin
Photo by Sarah Blesener