Nick Ballon

Nick Ballon

familiar, yet strange

 "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 five years working as a editorial and commercial photographer for a prestigious roster of clients such as the Guardian Weekend, Sunday Telegraph and Monocle magazine whilst commissioned commercially for Ferrari, Mother and YCN agency. Recent personal work accolades include the The Creative Review Photography Annual and Foto8 Summer Show awarded for his personal projects at the Dunton Ford Factory and Viva Las Luchadoras! that was recently exhibited at the Bolivian Embassy.

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Nick Ballon
06/12/2011
Listen up! The Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid series is up now! See the full series on Nick's website here http://bit.ly/t47lz8

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Nick Ballon
14/11/2011
Recently Nick was on the road re-visiting places where Butch Cassidy&the Sundance Kid robbed, rode and supposedly were shot dead.

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Nick Ballon
26/10/2011
Greetings from assistant Christina posting here (in case you wonder). LANDSCAPES! now new on Nick's website http://bit.ly/mQ1lZZ Enjoy!

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Nick Ballon
26/10/2011
Greetings from Christina (Nick's assistant) posting... Here some beautiful LANDSCAPES! that's greetings from Nick! Enjoy! http://bit.ly/mQ1lZZ

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Nick Ballon
26/10/2011
Some recently found work from the Ballon archive

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Nick Ballon
26/10/2011
Nelly Ben Hayoun, a friend of Nick just finished showing her recent works as part of the Beijing Int. Design Triennial http://bit.ly/tO97Gp

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Nick Ballon
07/10/2011
Lucky to be guest posting at Powerhouse blog all this week. http://www.wearepowerhouse.com What a privilege and pleasure. Thanks Powerhouse!

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Nick Ballon
07/10/2011
Inspiration: Photo Studio iii by Reinaldo Loureiro http://www.reinaldoloureiro.com/

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Nick Ballon
07/10/2011
Casa de Amor The love motels in Bolivia are operated primarily for the purpose of allowing couples privacy for sex.

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Nick Ballon
07/10/2011
Bolivian love motels, known as Casa de Amor. Some new Personal work up on my site. Take a look http://bit.ly/nmO5O3