She attended Parsons School of Design, and then worked as an assistant to Patrick Demarchelier and Walter Chin.
[2][3] Nields has photographed actors and musicians including Sheryl Crow, Christina Hendricks,[4] Scarlett Johansson,[5] Milla Jovovich,[1] Diane Lane, Tobey Maguire,[6] Prince, Ben Stiller, Charlize Theron[7] and Naomi Watts.
[9] In 2005 she photographed Carmen Electra for 4 Inches, a fundraising book and auction project for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
[10] A photograph of Jack Black was used for the movie poster for Nacho Libre in 2006.
[12][13] For Traummänner at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg in 2011, she photographed a friend in a Spider-Man mask and sweatshirt.