Nina Sidneva is a portrait photographer based in Seattle, WA. She was born in Uzbekistan and grew up in Lithuania. Nina immigrated to the U.S. in 2001 for college. She received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Washington in 2008 and spent over 15 years working in the industry. Then pandemic hit, and Nina, like many other parents, ended up educating her kids at home.
Dr. Sidneva has been taking photographs since she was a teenager back in Lithuania. During the pandemic she started taking photography classes at Photo Center Northwest in Seattle to improve her skills and as an escape from mom’s duties. Nina fell in love with the work of Julia Margaret Cameron and felt compelled to emulate her work. She decided to pursue photography more seriously because it allows her to stop time and capture ephemeral moments. Nina has exhibited her work online and in galleries across the U.S. and in Europe.
