Nicholas Sinclair (born 1954) is a British portrait[1][2] and landscape photographer. His work has been published in a number of books of his own, exhibited eight times at the National Portrait Gallery in London,[3] and is held in the permanent collections there[3] and in the Victoria and Albert Museum,[4] London. In 2003 he was made a Hasselblad Master.[3]
Life and work
editSinclair was born in London. He studied fine art at Newcastle University.
His career as a photographer began in 1982 with a series of photographs taken in the circus[1] which were first exhibited in 1983 at the University of Sussex and subsequently published in the British Journal of Photography.[citation needed]
He is known principally as a portrait photographer, his subjects include Anthony Caro, Frank Auerbach, John Piper and Paula Rego.[1][2] He has edited two books about the Welsh artist Kyffin Williams and made portraits of him.[1]
Sinclair also makes landscape photographs—he has made two books on European cities and one on a lake.
As of now, Sinclair lives between the cities of Brighton, England, and Berlin, Germany.[5]
Publications
editPublications by Sinclair
edit- The Chameleon Body. London: Lund Humphries, 1996. ISBN 0-85331-6961. With essays by David Alan Mellor and Anthony Shelton.
- Franko B. London: Black Dog, 1998. ISBN 1-901033-55-4. With essays by Stuart Morgan and Lois Keidan.
- Portraits of Artists. London: Lund Humphries, 2000. ISBN 0-85331-799-2. With an essay by Ian Jeffrey, and a conversation between Sinclair and Robin Dance.
- Crossing the Water. Brighton: Photoworks, 2002. ISBN 1-903796-02-4. With an essay by David Alan Mellor and an afterword by Ian Jeffrey.
- Berlin: Imagining the Tri Chord. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2007. ISBN 978-1-905711-10-9. With an essay by David Chandler.
- Five Cities. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2010. ISBN 978-1-905711-57-4. With an essay by Nicky Hamlyn.
Publications edited by Sinclair
edit- John Holloway Downlandscapes. Self-published, 2004. ISBN 09522338-1-9.
- Kyffin Williams. London: Lund Humphries, 2004. ISBN 1-85437-511-3.
- The Art of Kyffin Williams. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2007. ISBN 978-1-905711-00-0.
Awards
editExhibitions
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Solo exhibitions
edit- 1983: Gardner Arts Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton[citation needed]
- 2014: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester[1][2]
Other exhibitions
editHis work has been exhibited eight times at the National Portrait Gallery, London[3]
Collections
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Sinclair's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- National Portrait Gallery, London[3]
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, Italy.[1]
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Best of British: Nicholas Sinclair artist portraits". Emma Robertson, The Daily Telegraph, 3 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2017
- ^ a b c "From Peter Blake to Paula Rego: a who's who of British artists in their studios – in pictures". The Guardian, 28 April 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2017
- ^ a b c d e f "Nicholas Sinclair (1954–), Photographer". National Portrait Gallery (London). Retrieved 11 May 2017
- ^ a b "Photographs of Paul Scofield and Joy Parker by Nicholas Sinclair". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 11 May 2017
- ^ "Nicholas Sinclair: Artist Portraits". Pallant House Gallery. Retrieved 26 February 2024.