Competition Theme: Open within the past three (3) years

Nicol Hockett specializes in portrait photography with an approach that balances authenticity in studio craft with a refined finishing style to bring out and preserve the beauty of the subject’s character.

As well as her passion for making portraits, she also creates lens-based, contemporary visual art that is playful and vibrant and inspired by beloved people, places, and things.

Her photographs have earned awards and recognition in leading international photographic competitions and exhibitions and have been published in the Journal of the Royal Photographic Society, Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography Annuals, Artistonish Contemporary Fine Art Magazine, and numerous exhibition books. She has exhibited work at the National Geographic Museum and in physical and virtual galleries in the United States and Great Britain.

She is an Associate of The Royal Photographic Society (ARPS), a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) with the Professional Photographers of America (PPA), and an Advanced Member of The Center For Photography At Woodstock (CPW).

Please see Nicol’s website: www.nicolhockett.com