Photographer's Talk: Jon Nicholson on 'Macchina'
11 July 2024 / Aperture Gallery
The documentary photographer Jon Nicholson talked about his ‘Macchina,’ a fascinating photographic project documenting different motorsport events and people devoted to the sport worldwide. The talk was full of behind-the-scene stories of some of the important moments of Formula One history, and first-hand experience as a documentary photographer who has turned his own interest into photographic projects and publications.
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Jon Nicholson Jon Nicholson is a British photographer whose relentless passion for capturing the real story is the driving force behind his images. One side of his fourty-year career has been covering sporting personalities or teams within F1, embedding with some of the sports legendary figures including Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Damon Hill and Lewis Hamilton or the broader world of sport including Chelsea FC and the England rugby team. Jon has also worked in an official capacity at two Olympic Games Barcelona in 1992 and London in 2012. His non-sport work has included long -erm engagements with the UN, National Geographic, a book on the North American cowboy and commercial projects for many of the world’s most recognisable brands. Jon has produced almost 20 books and been exhibited globally. His work now is very much project-based, submerging himself in subjects that interest him personally, of which 'Macchina' is one. |
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