Nick Ballon


CATEGORIES
PHOTO PEOPLE , PORTRAIT , REPORTAGE
 

Represented by : Christa Klubert Photographers

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Christa Klubert Photographers

Leostrasse 1
40545 Düsseldorf
Deutschland

Fon: +49 - (0)211 - 557 06 06

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„Nick is an observer par excellence. With an underlying, yet gently satirical sense of humour, his documentary photography is as carefully considered as he is as a person. His portraits are wonderfully to the point, allowing his subjects to flourish in his frame, whilst his landscapes convey a poetic and timeless sense of space. He never strays far from his very own visual language, making it a recurring joy to discover what he next has in store for us.”
- Petek Sketcher - Art Buyer - Winkreative

Nick was born in England,1976 to the idiosyncratic parentage of a Bolivian restauranteur, and an NHS chief executive from Petts Wood. This may account for his keen eye for the incongruous.
In 2001 Nick completed a Photography degree from Berkshire School of Art and Design, which was shortly succeeded by a spell working for renowned advertising photographers’ agency Jo Clark, giving him a good grounding in the business of photography.
Nick spent the subsequent four years working as a commercial photographer for a prestigious roster of editorial and advertising clients. Recent accolades include the The Creative Review Photography Annual and Foto8 Summer Show awarded for his personal projects at the Dunton Ford Factory and Chacaltaya Ski Resort.
As for Nick’s working aesthetic, this is defined by strong composition and a selective colour palette. It’s also shaped by a fascination with location, and the hidden stories behind them. This can range from chanced everyday observations from documentary projects, to highly produced and constructed images for advertising clients. However, consistent to advertising and editorial clients, personal and professional projects, and all manner of subject matters, is a subtlety, care for detail, and strong personal aesthetic that carries through all of Nick’s work.
 

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 *Exhibitions*
2010
New Collectives AoP Print Sale Collection Exhibition
Clinic Exhibition (Magic)
2009
AoP Red Dot Charity Auction
Crane Kalman Gallery - Group Show
Host Gallery Foto8 Magazine Summer Show
2008
Printspace Gallery CR Photography Annual
Eikon - Group show - (Masked) curated by James Greenhow
2007
Haywood Sunset Pavillion Projections of Slovenian Spacerockers

*Awards*
2010
AoP Student Awards Judge
2009
Viewbook PhotoStory Honorable Mention
CR Photography Annual - editorial & personnel projects
Foto8 Summer Best In Show, Runner up - judges prize
2008
CR Photography Annual - Best In Book
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize - second round finalist

*Clients*
Guardian Creative, Guardian Weekend Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph, Time Out, Monocle Magazine, Dazed & Confused, 7Squared Publishing, Forward Publishing, Ink Publishing, Opus Media, DLKW, The One Off agency - Barclays, Peter Werth, BBC, Red Bull, Ferrari