Nat Segebre (they/them)

Nat is a Colombian-American queer photographer, creative director and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. They have a BFA in photography and imaging with a minor in creative writing from NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts, and they were born and raised in south Florida.

Nat’s photographic work consists of vibrantly complex color images that document the every day in a meditative and transformative view. Their work is all analog and shot on medium format and 35mm film. They like to be hands-on in the analog process, printing most of their work by hand in the darkroom.

One of their favorite types of photographs to make are atmospheric night landscapes created by long exposures shot on film. They enjoy walking in the middle of the night when the world is asleep, searching for places to transform with their lens. Their BFA thesis project, “There Is Something To Be Said About The Night” (2022), encapsulates what they describe as a “long continuous walk” through the American East Coast suburbs—a meditative practice they began during lockdown in 2020. Their project statement states: “A friend once told me that meaning comes from doing what feels right, and when I was at the lowest point in my life, this is what felt right, and still does.”

Currently, they are working on a longterm documentary project on Coney Island.

Nat is the creative director of South Florida rock band Staircase Spirit, and they create and coordinate all of the visual media for the band.

Nat have been featured by Cinestill, Lomography, VSCO, Chromatic Awards, ISO Magazine, and they’ve been exhibited in both the USA and Mexico. They placed 2nd in the professional Street category of the Chromatic Photography Awards 2023 for their photo,Coney Island at Dusk.

My first in depth interview, with Lomography

Awards

Chromatic International Photography Awards 2023

2nd Prize in Street / Professional Category for “Coney Island at Dusk”

The photo was published in the 2023 edition of their annual book.

View my feature here and purchase the book here.

Coney Island at Dusk
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Features / Publications

  • Cinestill Project Feature: Coney Island

    Cinestill gave me a full project feature on their Instagram for my ongoing project on Coney Island titled Signals At The End of Summer.

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  • Lomography: "Nat Segebre: Low-light Photography & Long Exposures on 120 Film"

    This article with Lomography features some of my night work and other photos shot using long exposures on medium format film. I talk about photos I had to completely DIY because of lack of equipment, happy accidents and tear filled experiences trying to get the shot. Check out the article to see five of my most memorable long-exposure photographs taken either late at night or at dawn.

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  • Lomography Interview

    My first in depth interview was with Lomography, one of the leading innovators in film photography with their cameras and film. We discussed how I approach making photographs, projects new and old, the people + teachers who’ve encouraged me along the way, and so much more.

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  • West 10th Magazine

    My photograph Onlooker was the cover art for NYU literary magazine, West 10th, on the 2021/2022 issue.

    5 more of my images, Dreamer, Beach Bound, Tree Line, The Pickup and Silhouettes and Woman And Her Dog, were also featured in the magazine alongside the poetry and prose.

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  • Brae Hunziker’s Community Gallery Competition 2023

    My photographs were featured in Brae Hunziker’s community gallery for 2023, a competition sponsored by Cinestill Film, Long Weekend Gear, Moment, Film Lab, Negative Supply and Speedy Photo.

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  • Testing Lomography’s NEW Film

    Lomography sent me their brand new film, Fantome Kino 8, to test out, and I was interviewed for the article that featured the photos I took. I also made a video about it which can be viewed here.

    They named one of my photographs from this project under the Best of Lomography 2020.

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  • ISO Magazine: Solace

    Two of my photographs were featured in the NYU Tisch Photography & Imaging magazine, ISO, for their Spring 2021 issue titled Solace.

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Other Features

Interview for Salty and Adolescent

I was interviewed to be a part of this article called “Six Steps To Help You Unpack Your Gender Identity” by Jennifer Lee.

Selected Exhibitions

  • Construction of A Home

    June 24 — July 9 2022

    El Recinto Gallery

    Margaritas 433, Coyoacan, Mexico.

    Construcción De Un Hogar, or Construction of A Home, is a collaborative work made between artist Andrea Florens and I for the group exhibition titled Diálogos or Dialogues by El Recinto. The Exhibition featured 3 different “nuclei” of artists, where a collaborative piece was created between the artists in each nucleus. Construction of a Home featured my photographs invading, interacting and altering with her photographic work to create new fictional places.

  • There Is Something To Be Said About The Night

    March 22nd - May 18th 2022

    NYU Department of Photography & Imaging

    721 Broadway, New York, NY

    Full exhibition on the 8th floor with a window installation on the first floor.

    There is Something To Be Said About The Night is my senior thesis project, and it was exhibited at NYU Tisch’s photography department. The installation featured a long pull out book, framed images, and a selection of objects that were used to make the project. The exhibition was designed and installed by me.

  • There is Something To Be Said About The Night

    Microscope Gallery

    525 W 29th St 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001

    Feb 3-23, 2022.

    There is Something To Be Said About The Night is my senior thesis project, and it was exhibited at Microscope gallery in Chelsea as a part of the senior thesis show. The piece featured was 30x36in, framed in a black shadow box.