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I started playing with
cameras when I was 10 years old, but it wasn't until many years later,
having trained and worked as a biologist, that I started to dabble in the
world of professional photography. That was in 1987, while living in Japan,
a time when I found myself being paid to photograph and write about Kyoto's
wonderful gardens and temples. I subsequently moved to Hong Kong, and it was
here, in 1990, that I finally launched
myself as a full-time professional photographer. In
1995 I moved my base back to my home area of southwest England, where I live
now, though I still travel extensively for my photography, recent trips
including the Caribbean, Kenya, Argentina, Chile and Iceland.
Over the years my over-riding guiding principle has been to try to show the world what a stunningly beautiful planet we live on. With a huge proportion of us spending most of our time in overcrowded and polluted towns and cities, and with the news constantly filled with stories of doom, destruction and vacuous celebrity, it's easy to forget that there is actually a world of real peace and beauty out there, and that despite all the problems the world is still a truly stunning place.
Clearly, as a professional photographer my work has to be tempered with the need to make a living, but over the years working with a combination of travel, landscape and nature photography has generally worked well. My work has appeared in a wide range of magazines, and I've had numerous books published, including 'Wild China', a coffee table production about that vast country's landscapes and wildlife (photography by me, text by Dr John Mackinnon) and 'The National Parks of the Philippines' (written and photographed by me). I've also done the photography for a large number of Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness travel guides, and have done both the text and photography for a number of photography books, including 'The Photographer's Guide to Light' and 'The Digital SLR Bible'.
A
few years ago
I started to run occasional photography courses, run in Devon and using the
beautiful landscapes of the coast and Dartmoor National Park as our
'studio'. These courses, usually held over weekends in spring and autumn, have proved to be extremely popular, many
being oversubscribed. To find out more about these courses, go to the
Courses pages of this website.
Despite frequent overseas trips, I have been turning my camera increasingly to the beautiful landscapes of southwest England, and now have a range of greetings cards showing views of this region. Recently, I launched a second range of greetings cards, consisting of close-up portraits of wildlife. More ranges are being planned, so the whole greetings card side of my business is set to expand considerably over the next couple of years. All cards are available from about 25 shops around Devon and Cornwall, as well as from this site.
I am also developing a series of high quality fine art prints, all printed by myself, which are a mixture of views of southwest England and images from around the world. These can now be bought on-line: take a look at the Cards, Prints & Books section of this website to see what is presently on offer.
Thanks for visiting this site, and I hope you will enjoy my photography.
Contact details:
5 Canons Close, Bishopsteignton, Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 9RU, Great Britain
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1626 770181. E-mail: info@nigelhicks.com.
