Nick Elliott Explained

Nicholas Raymond Elliott
Birth Name:Nicholas Raymond Elliott
Birth Date:1995
Birth Place:Peterborough, United Kingdom
Occupation:Photographer

Nicholas Raymond Elliott (born 1955, in Peterborough) is a British photographer.[1]

Biography

Elliott grew up in Stanground[2] and joined Ascential when it was East Midlands Allied Press (EMAP). He worked as an editorial photographer for Anglian Times, Motor Cycle News[3] and Motor Cycle Racing.[4]

After Elliott left EMAP he was commissioned by IPC for Truck Magazine, Car Magazine, and Auto Car.[5] Elliott also worked with agencies Saatchi & Saatchi, Yellow Hammer, Carlson, Young & Rubican, GGT, Ogilvy & Mather, and MSBK.[6]

In 1990, Publicis' campaign If You're Not Feeling Too Special for Sonatogen placed 3rd in Euro Best Awards using Elliott's photography. Elliott was commissioned by TBWA to photograph the 1992 UK general election billboard for the Liberal Democrats.

Elliott has photographed musicians throughout his career, shot in Nashville, Tennessee,[7] in 2010 and for Planet Rock.[8]

Published work

In 2011, Rufus Stone[9] released a book; TEN-A Decade In Images, using Elliott's images from the Cambridge Folk Festival,.[10] Elliott published a follow-up; 50Folk, as a personal celebration of 50 years of the festival, in 2014.

A year later, Elliott released Three Weeks One Summer documenting The Marmalade during the making of Penultimate.[11] A fourth book, Ice Cream & Sun Cream, was released in 2017.

Notes and References

  1. July 2010 . Norwich Rocks! . Fine City Magazine . 36.
  2. News: Clark . Paul . March 2002 . Camera angle on the stars . Rutland Times .
  3. Williams . Howard . Feb 2002 . A Day In The Life of a Rock Photographer . The Style Magazine Lincolnshire . 15.
  4. News: Green . Sean . July 2011 . TCR Ireland Radio .
  5. January 2008 . Spotlight on photographer to the rock stars, Nick Elliott . Norfolk on My Mind . 12 . Nick Elliot.
  6. Oswin . Julie . March 2016 . Nick Elliott rock photographer . Creative Light . 12 . 26 . Nick Elliot.
  7. December 2010 . No Sleep In Nashville . Fine City Magazine.
  8. News: Lazzari . Adam . December 2012 . Capturing Legends of Rock Music . Eastern Daily Press .
  9. News: June 2011 . Sue Marchant's Big Night In . BBC Radio Cambridgeshire .
  10. News: McLaren . DJ . 29 July 2011 . BBC Look East .
  11. Web site: 17 September 2013 . Rocking out on the North Norfolk coast . Lynn News.