NICK ELLIOTT BIOGRAPHY

Internationally renowned rock art photographer Nick Elliott, has transcended a desirable reputation for producing powerful iconic pieces of photographic art in his own inimitable avant-garde style.

Nick successful vocational journey started in editorial and advertising photography. He was sort after and commissioned by reputable London fashion and advertising agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, TBWA, Yellowhammer, O & M, Young and Rubicon, GGT, Carlson Direct, MSBK, Publicis, Coca-Cola, British Telecom, British Airways, Walt Disney, Lloyds TSB, Sheraton hotels and Jaguar.

Nicks photographic artwork has earned him several prestigious awards. Recognitions include 3rd placement in the Euro Best Advertising Awards 1990, and an eminent award for images produced for the 1992 Liberal Democrat General Election Campaign.

Nick has devoted his artistic and creative talent to specialising in the music industry, photographing some of the most iconic music artists in the business. For 11 years, Nick enjoyed the position of official rock photographer for both Planet Rock Radio and The O2 arena London.  He had the privilege to work with over 300 mainstream music artists and rock bands, including Motörhead, Metallica, ZZ Top, Debbie Harry, Ozzy Osbourne, The Who, Def Leppard, The Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, Robert Plant, and Earl Slick. Nick’s images have been extensively published in many well respected music  publications  including Classic Rock, Get Rhythm, Kerrang, Sound and Fatea magazines. Music agencies Darla FR, Music Pictures and Wire Images have also procured Nick’s art for national tabloid publications.  His images have frequently been featured on album artwork and published extensively across the media for over 35 years.  Nick’s creations are in high demand as Limited edition bespoke fine art originals and prints.  They continue to be exhibited in galleries across UK, Europe and USA.

In June 2015, a worlds first exhibition, ‘Size Matters’ held at Cholmondely Castle Cheshire, hosted a unique collection of Nick’s oversized rock images. It was visited by over 75,000 people, and viewed online by 1.5 million people worldwide.  It continues to be critically acclaimed by media and TV as a resounding successful worlds first. Nick has produced numerous fine art coffee table books crammed with hundreds of breathtaking rock images that continue to be a source of influential reference for the rock industry.

Nick’s debut book ‘TEN’, a decade in images, was released in 2011. Further publications from Elliott studios followed with ‘50 Folk’ (2014), celebrating 50 years of the legendary Cambridge folk festival, ‘Three Weeks One Summer’ (2015) a pictorial documentation of The Marmalade, and ‘Ice Cream And Suncream’ (2016) dedicated to Nick’s late father. Nick continues to produce fine art coffee table books for the discerning collector. His individual rockumentary projects with Earl Slick and Ed Graham depict a collection of candid and professional images captured over a period of four years, have been produced into highly sought-after publications. Further publications in Nick’s ongoing rockumentary series continue to be produced.

Nicks professional achievements are in no way limited to the world of  still photography. During 2020 Nick began to develop his film creativity and has produced, written and directed several music video videos and film shorts for submission to mainstream film award festivals.

Nick has been involved with many successful radio and podcast productions and can be regularly heard guesting on shows for Endeavour radio FM, Siren FM and CMR Nashville Radio. His own radio show ‘A Night In With Nick Elliott’, has amassed thousands of regular listeners that tune in for the American mellow playlist.

Nicks personally designed apparel range was successfully launched eight years ago, the full range can be found online at www.nickelliott.photography

Nick’s current projects are a step away from the rock music industry. Several conceptional dark art projects, set to amaze and shock its audiences, are a series of pictorial autobiographical fine art images depicting the tormented and ravaged mind of Elliott, inspired by a cascade of personal events that shaped him during a traumatic time in his life.  These images will be exhibited in selected galleries worldwide and produced in a XXX explicit fine art publication.

Nick’s genius in the studio and his ability to capture the intensity of the live music performance, makes him one of the worlds most revered rock art photographers of all time. Driven by his incredible passion and the desire to create breathtaking images of the musical artists who have been his inspiration, exposing the very essence of the performers inner most soul in a way that no other can. Nick continues to produce thought-provoking, contemporary collections of photographic fine art that will continue to play a paramount role in photographic history.