One of the world's most respected and successful professional photographers, Nina has captured the imagination and hearts of people around the globe. Her distinctive, award-winning images of children have become classic icons celebrating life and birth. They grace greeting cards, calendars, books, stationery, photo albums, and an array of other fine products, and are currently published in over 50 countries, spanning North America, Europe, the British Isles, Australia, New Zealand, South America, and Asia. More than 13 million
books plus many more millions of other non-book products have been sold worldwide.
Until Now, Nina's stunning retrospective of classic images personally selected from her body of work, took Europe by storm. Printed in seven languages, it became an immediate popular and critical success, appearing on The Sunday Times Bestseller List in the UK, becoming the #1 Bestselling Illustrated Book on the Livre Hebdo List in France, and a bestseller in the Netherlands. In Germany, it was reprinted four times in four months, and was selected from a field of 445 worldwide entries to receive the "Kodak Fotobuchpreis 1998." Famous German publisher Heyne called this "the most prestigious award an illustrated book can receive in Germany."
Until Now was released in the United States and Canada in late 1999 to immediate praise. "The book is wonderful. . . really marvelous," said "Good Morning America." "Artfully composed, exquisitely produced. . .(these) always clever, often touching, sometimes hilarious images . . .are the work of a vivid imagination-but never doubt they are the work of real work, as well," noted Newsday. The New York Daily News called Nina "the most popular and successful baby photographer in the world. Her photos of infants are the shots seen 'round the world." Until Now has more than 700,000 copies in print worldwide.
Nina and Kel live in New Zealand with their two daughters.