Current Exhibition
Works by Kevin Nickell
“Into the Fog”
Capturing a heart-stopping landscape within the camera and creating an equally
impressive image time-and-again requires patience, discipline, skill and passion.
For Appalachian-bred photographer Kevin Nickell, that born-of-experience passion
has sustained him through years of hard-won creative growth — the expression of
which is apparent in every aspect of his work.
A child of Georgia’s Chattahoochee River wetlands, Nickell quickly developed
an instinctual fondness for natural landscapes. That fondness was obscured for
many years; however, when, at age 3, Nickell suffered a severe childhood fall
that left him with a learning disability. Years of special classes and countless
comparisons of himself to others brought Nickell to the realization that he needed
a vehicle through which to express his inner thoughts and feelings. The camera
became that vehicle. Although Nickell’s talent as a landscape photographer was not
readily apparent, it did become the cathartic resolve to many years of painful
uncertainty.
Nickell declares that he knows he has found “the one” when he can’t walk away from
the view finder. Listening to him talk, one can’t help but envision his very soul,
infused with oxygen at every word. And, although his creative energies have certainly
not been wasted, Nickell adheres to the philosophy that “the best photograph is the
one that is not yet preserved.”
For more information about Kevin Nickell, please visit www.nickellgallery.com .
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