Born in Ulm in 1994, Nanna Heitmann studied Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at College in Hanover. She spent a semester abroad in Tomsk, Siberia. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the Lensculture online magazine’s Emerging Talents award for her work. Further awards: Vogue Italia Prize in 2018 from the PHMuseum’s Women Photographers Grant for the series Hiding from Baba Yaga.