Jackie Nickerson was born in 1960 and lives in Ireland, though she continues to travel extensively for her projects. She first came to prominence as a fashion photographer in the 1990s, working in Milan, Paris and New York where her work was featured in Elle, Marie Claire, Wallpaper, German Vogue, and other publications. In 1997, she began an extensive project covering the lives and culture of plantation and migrant workers on remote farms in war- ravaged Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa. Her work in Farm and subsequent projects has been featured in exhibitions in Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland; Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France; and National Portrait Gallery, London. She won the Photo-Eye, Best Books Award in 2002. Highlighting moments of individual identity in the lives of women farm workers, Jackie Nickerson’s work reveals their creativity, dignity and proud resilience in the face of even the most extreme hardship.

Dream Police
Zimbabwe
1998