An Evening with Jon Nicholson

A﻿perture Gallery is a photography gallery located in the basement level of Aperture UK in Fitzrovia, London.

Aperture Gallery

An evening with Jon Nicholson, professional photographer, including talk and Q&A session.

Aperture UK

A﻿perture Gallery is pleased to announce a special evening with the photographer Jon Nicholson to celebrate 40 years of his career.J﻿on will talk about his projects in India, the process of his work, and extraordinary stories from his experience as a documentary photographer. His talk will be packed with inspiring real-life stories, valuable tips, and techniques for creating images that tell their own stories and realising a long-term project. The second half of the event will be a Q&A session, where the guests can directly ask Jon questions.T﻿his event will be ideal for all aspiring documentary photographers including students, journalists, and anyone who is interested in Jon's work or documentary photography.Wine, beer, and soft drinks will be served.-------------------------------------------------J﻿on's works from his India series will be on display as 'Jon Nicholson: India' at Aperture Gallery from 28 October to 24 December 2022. The exhibition is free. Please find the details of the exhibition <a href="https://www.apertureuk.com/aperture-gallery/exhibitions/jon-nicholson-india/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

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<h3>J﻿on Nicholson</h3>Jon Nicholson was born in 1961 in London. He started his photographic career by photographing his friend and formula one racer Damon Hill. Since then he has covered different kinds of sporting and news events for media such as The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday, Paris Match, Stern, and The LA Times. In 1992 and 2012, Nicholson was appointed to an official photographer at the Barcelona and London Olympics. From 1998 to 2007, Nicholson joined the UN in Africa to visit different areas and documented war, food crisis, genocide, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. He shot a series of pictures of the crisis in Darfur as digital composite’s addressing the personal aspects of the conflict such as the feet that walked to freedom, an image that consisted of over fifty images of the soles of the women’s feet that had walked to freedom. Other assignments include working with renowned titles and brands including The National Geographic, Conde Nast, Wrangler, Levi’s, Nike, Adidas, Puma, Timberland, Patagonia, Tag Heuer, Toyota, Ferrari, Hilton Group, Nikon, and Leica Cameras. Nicholson has also published more than 15 books including Five Days of a Grand Prix (1999, Macmillan), Cowboys: A Vanishing World (2001, St Martins Press), Inside Ferrari (2006, Mitchell Beazley), Ganges (2007, BBC Books), and Seaside Polaroids (2013, Prestel). At present, he is working on a new two-year project on Speed to be published in 2024 with a global exhibition. Nicholson is currently based in West Sussex, England.

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