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Nigel is a qualified professional photographer, a member of the BIPP, qualified to Fellowship, the Institute’s highest level, ensuring high professional standards in photographic services.
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National Geographic Image Collection.
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A professional photographer based in Devon, south-west England
A highly experienced and qualified photographer, shooting for the National Geographic Image Collection.
Tel 01626 770181; Email info@nigelhicks.com
The Panda’s Tale
Journeys in search of the wild heart of China
A new ebook by Nigel Hicks about his photographic travels in China
Two years spent photographing in some of the remotest and wildest corners of this vast country. The Panda’s Tale is a travelogue about those journeys, negotiating both perilous roads and dense bureaucracy, exploring forests and mountains, facing arrest simply for being a foreigner in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Wild Southwest
The landscapes and wildlife of southwest England
Photography and writing by Nigel Hicks.
Nigel’s 17th book, but the first to be published by Aquaterra Publishing, Nigel’s own publishing company.
Wild Southwest showcases many of the most stunning landscapes of southwest England (covering the counties of Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset), as well as a large proportion of the region’s most important and beautiful plant and animal wildlife.
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Journey through the Philippines
Photography and writing by Nigel Hicks.
Published in April 2017 by John Beaufoy Publishing, of Oxford, UK.
Journey through the Philippines takes a tour through this beautiful country, travelling through the mountains and islands roughly from north to south, visiting along the way 30 of its most beautiful and most important visitor locations. All photography and text is by Nigel.
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A few of Nigel’s recent books:
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Writing and photography for Books
Writing and photography by Nigel Hicks for books
Nigel is hugely experienced as an author and photographer for books, covering mainly travel and tourism, wildlife and conservation, and photography.
He has written and provided the photography for over 20 books, has been the principal photographer (though not author) for a huge number of books (including a string of Dorling Kindersley’s Eyewitness and Top 10 travel guides), and has been contributing photographer to untold numbers of books.
Most of his book work has been with British publishers, though he has worked with a number overseas. He has also launched his own publishing company, Aquaterra Publishing, which is starting to produce a few of his books.
If you’d like to commission Nigel to write and/or photograph for a book please get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!
Get in touch:
Tel: +44 (0)1626 770181; +44 (0)7977 546961
E-mail: nigel@nigelhicks.com
A few of Nigel’s recent books are introduced below. Click on the individual links to see full details of each.
Beautiful Devon
A Portrait of a County
Photography and writing by Nigel Hicks
Nigel’s 19th book, this is the second to be published by Aquaterra Publishing, Nigel’s own publishing company.
Beautiful Devon is a photographically led book, a series of photoessays about many of the loveliest parts of this county of southwest England. Illustrated by some of Nigel’s stunning photography, aided by extended captions and short introductory texts.
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Beautiful Cornwall
A Portrait of a County
Photography and writing by Nigel Hicks.
This is the third book to be published by Aquaterra Publishing, Nigel’s own publishing company, the second in the Portrait of a County series, after Beautiful Devon.
Beautiful Cornwall is a photographic book, a group of photoessays about many of the most stunning parts of this famous English county. Illustrated by Nigel’s colourful photography, aided by extended captions and short introductory texts.
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The Philippines: The Most Beautiful Places
Another in Nigel’s series of books on the Philippines, this is a photo-led introduction to over 20 of the country’s most beautiful scenic locations.
Sites range from the cool heights of the northern mountains, to the dazzlingly white tropical beaches of the islands, and including some of the country’s historical locations.
A beautiful introduction to a surprisingly little known tropical Asian island archipelago. Click on the image below to see sample pages.
Wild Philippines
Photography and writing by Nigel Hicks.
To be published in August 2019 by John Beaufoy Publishing, of Oxford, UK.
Wild Philippines is a major publication that gives a snapshot overview of the state of wildlife and its conservation in the Philippines. The book’s 208 pages will introduce many of the country’s rare and unique species, the habitats in which they live, and some of the protected areas where they can be found.
Watch this space for more news on its publication!
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