Nadav Kander was born in Israel in 1961. He grew up in South Africa and in the mid 80s moved to London where he lives now with his wife and three children.

Nadav is frequently involved with exhibiting his work through galleries. His recent solo show, ‘Keep Your Distance’ was held at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris in September 2005. His work forms part of the public collection at the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. He has also exhibited work at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool, the Royal Photographic Society, Bath and the Photographer's Gallery, London. In the USA his work has been shown at Fahey Klein Gallery and the Peter Fetterman Gallery in Los Angeles and he’s represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York.

Nadav’s first monograph, Beauty’s Nothing (Arena Editions) was published in 2001. The title taken from a poem by Rilke: “Beauty’s Nothing/but the first touch of terror/we’re just able to endure/and we endure it/because it serenely disdains to destroy us.” The book was followed up with a catalogue of nocturnal landscapes entitled ‘Nadav Kander – Night’ which accompanied his recent exhibitions at the Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York & Shine Gallery, London.

Nadav continues to undertake commissions from clients in Europe, Asia and the United States; these have included Issey Miyake, Nicole Farhi, Levis, Air France, Heals, Lee Cooper, Sony, Amnesty International, Absolut Vodka, Nike, Tag Heuer, Harvard University, Cartier and Reebok. His editorial work has featured in Dazed & Confused, Blackbook, Details, Exit, America, Rolling Stone, Another Magazine, The Observer Magazine, The New York Times Magazine and the Sunday Times Magazine.

He has won numerous awards, from the D&AD and the John Kobal Foundation in the UK; Epica in Europe; to the Art Director’s Club and IPA in the USA. He was also awarded the Royal Photographic Society’s ‘Terence Donovan’ Award in 2002 and was nominated for the Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize in 2003.