Nancy Shia
Nancy Shia has been a news and social documentary photographer for over forty years, as well as a poster artist, muralist and street artist in DC for the past twenty years. From 1986-2005, she was a reporter and editor for a Washington news service, where she covered thousands of press briefings, Congressional hearings and other media events. Nancy is also a member of the photographers committee of the National Press Club, and received a National Press Club Vivian Award for community service in 2004. Her photography covers many subjects, including antiwar demonstrations and student uprisings, Adams Morgan community development, post-hurricane Honduras in 1998, Cuba in the 1990s, and an extensive collection of national, international and local political leaders available at www.upcloseandpolitical.com. She was an Adams Morgan Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in the early 1980s, and was twice voted parent of the year by the Ward I Educational Council. Nancy graduated from City College of New York in1970, Columbia University School of Social Work in 1972, and the Antioch School of Law in 1978.
