Nelson Bakerman has been recognized as one of New York’s most versatile photographers, working in both photography and filmmaking; he has worked as a documentary still photographer and filmmaker, an editorial portrait photographer, and a fine art and conceptual photographer. Nelson’s personal work is in the permanent collection of the International Center of Photography (ICP), the Brooklyn Museum of Art, The New York Historical Society, the City of Paris Permanent Collection, Lishui Museum, China, Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, NYNEX Corporation, Forest City Ratner Corp., The Richard Avedon Foundation.