Working primarily for
newspaper titles The Citizen,
Gloucestershire Echo and The Western Daily Press,
Paul's
work is easily recognisable for its outstanding quality and
creativity. His photographs literally tell the story.
Paul's work regularly
appears in UK national newspapers,
magazines, on the internet, the television, and around the
world.
Winner of awards,
Paul's most recent triumph was winning
the EDF
Energy South West Media Awards 2009 News
Photographer of the Year. At the prestigious awards
ceremony in Plymouth, the compere said: "Photographers
among us today deserve exceptional praise. This year's
entries for the EDF Energy South West Media Awards were
quite simply the biggest and best yet, of any region where
these awards are held - including the East and South of
England and London.
"Such was the
quality, many not shortlisted today would
have made shortlists elsewhere and several could have won
elsewhere."
In 2004 Paul won a
category in the 2004 national 'Everyday' photographic competition,
organised by the Northcliffe
Newspaper Group.
The competition was open to photographers in the UK and
attracted over 1,000 entries. Fifty-one finalists had their
entries exhibited in London. Paul had three exhibits, one
of which won the community category.
Paul's heartbreaking
picture of soldiers carrying the coffin
of their friend and comrade during a regimental funeral
came runner-up in the 2006 South West EDF Energy
Awards' "Front Page of the Year" category.
In September 2007 Paul's
work featured in 'Professional
Photographer' magazine under the Headline 'so you want
to be a press photographer'. The article can be viewed at
the bottom of the page.
Paul successfully passed
the National Council for the
Training of Journalists Press Photography Proficiency
Test in 1989.
The following pages
feature just a small selection of
some of Paul's favourite images.
Contact me at:
e:paul.nicholls@glosmedia.co.uk
paul@paulnichollsphotography.co.uk
t: 07718 152 168
click
here to see my feature in
Professional Photographer Magazine
