About

MONY NATION

is a published photographer, writer, and designer who seeks to center Black lives, stories, and communities foremost as well as women from other ethnic backgrounds mainly through conceptual fashion, portraiture, and storytelling within the studio and nature.

Having traveled the world to more than 30 countries, Mony draws a great deal of inspiration from the new environments in which she finds herself. She has served as co-editor of a former photography magazine, The MelaninLens Magazine, as well as a contributing travel writer and photographer for MITH magazine. Furthermore, she served as a guest director, videographer, and photographer for the former Berlin-based fashion vlog, Suit Yourself with Paige. In 2020, Mony released a colorful graphic fashion collaboration, Nevett-Nation with eponymous label Sherie L. Nevett, a fashion house based in Los Angeles. Two garments were acquired for Fashioning Futures Alumni Showcase at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa which is now a part of The Fashion Archive’s permanent collection.

In 2022, Mony was invited by Alchemical Studios x Black Women’s March for International Women’s Day to screen her latest short video, Discovering Deloach: Filling the Genealogy Gaps. One of her images “Hey” was IPA's (International Photography Awards) Color, Official Selection and Jury Top 5 selection. Mony was named a 2022 LensCulture Critics Choice Award winner. In addition, she received 3rd place in the fashion/editorial category for BIFA’s 2022 Foto Awards for my on-going butterfly series. Moreover, I recently won 2nd place in IPA's non-professional fashion advertising category.

Mony’s photographic work has been exhibited across the United States at venues including the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Venn.Bushwick, the Long Island Photo Gallery, Montgomery Photo Festival in Montgomery and also Troy University’s Huo Bao Zhu Gallery. She was also chosen to display images, “I See You Aleka (2022-23)” and "Sending My Love (2023-24)," in Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport’s main atrium alongside 20+ other photographers. Moreover, Mony was also chosen for the main exhibition and also for a pop-up exhibition showcasing the first iteration of her fantasy Butterfly world, Pollination, during Slow Exposures 20th anniversary.