Stuart Nicholls was born in 1976 in the maritime city of Portsmouth, the same time the world heard Zeppelin’s ‘Achilles Last Stand’. Pursuing his interest in photography, he studied the art at the colleges of South Downs and Stoke on Trent respectively.
In 2000 Stuart moved to London to assist noted music photographer Jill Furmanovsky. He became the specialist printer for her company ‘Rockarchive', where he practiced the traditional silver halide wet and digital processes. This experience secured him a place as one of the most highly regarded printers in the business. On top of this Stuart established himself as a proficient music photographer in his own right.
Stuart came to prominence as a result of his position as resident photographer at the Marquee and Islington Academy in 2004.
Stuart's unique style fast became recognised throughout the music industry. Record companies such as Warner Music and Rough Trade capitalised on his work. In addition to this Stuart has also worked on several jobs for Carling. More recently Stuart has embarked on a personal project. In this insincere digital age he wants to strip the art of photography back to its origins.
This photo was taken in 2007 during the Camden Crawl, a music festival over two days around the venues in Camden Town, London.
Iggy Pop performing onstage at the V Festival, Chelmsford in August 2007
Matt Bellamy of Muse performing at Islington Academy to promote the release of their album, Absolution.
Primal Scream performing at the opening of the new Marquee Club in Islington
This photo session was for No.1 Magazine (long since extinct) on a Eurythmics press day, they’d been doing interviews all day.
Shooting promotional films for the singles Rain & Paperback Writer at Chiswick Park Gardens in May 1966
Early shot of The Fall at Central Station Car Park, Manchester in the summer of 1978
Sex Pistols on the set for the 'Pretty Vacant' video shoot at the ITN Studios, London in June 1977
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