Biographical details
Patrick Nicholas was born in Oxford in 1952, he graduated in Photographic Arts in 1977 (Polytechnic of Central London).
He works as an advertising and portrait photographer in Italy where he has lived since 1984. He has held many one-man exhibitions not only in Italy but elsewhere in Europe over the years. He has been a member of The Association of Photographers in London since 1990.
Patrick divides his time between professional photography for the fashion industry, advertising and portaits as well as running training courses for photographers of all levels of competence. He is the founder Camera Etrusca (http://www.cameraetrusca.com), a series of residential photography courses held in Umbria in central Italy near lake Bolsena.
Recently he launched the Belle Romagnole project: a series of nude portraits of volunteers based on famous paintings (see Le Belle). The series, which began as a promotion drive for a regional newspaper, became an international success and was syndicated all over the world. 
Juvenile interest in Botticelli outside the Gallery
“Belle” the book
Now viewable on Blurb.com , the book “Belle”
Patrick Nicholas has assembled all the photos from the Belle series for publication. It has not been published officially as yet, but it is already available from the on-line publisher Blurb. The colour printing is first class and satisfaction is guaranteed. You can view and read the first 15 pages on Blurb’s website.
Belle is available directly from Blurb.
There are two sizes: the pocket edition, 18x18cm (7x7") 54pages, paperback €14,95; and large coffee-table 33x28cm(13x11") 54 pages, hardback €59,95, $78.69, £40.71
Alternatively, you can order a signed edition from Patrick Nicholas directly for the same price (plus postage and packaging), however it will take longer.
Umbria Jazz Festival
The world famous Umbria Jazz Festival opens in Orvieto 30 Dec 2008 and closes 4 Jan 2009.
Patrick Nicholas has exhibited a tryptich of three large 2 metre high prints above the altar of the deconsecrated church of San Roco in Piazza del Popolo in the centre of Orvieto. The large prints are on Verona fine art paper, which was kindly donated for the occasion by Reprochimica, suppliers of fine art digital materials.
Qualche rivista
Mostra a Roma
Le dimenzioni di queste foto sono 45x90 - la cornice misura 107x60
Mia figlia Allegra è in primo piano.
The dimensions of the photos in this picture of the Concept Store are 90x45cm. (framed 107x60cm)
My daughter Allegra is in the foreground.
TV Documentario
In onda in svizzera su RTSI, un documentario sul lavoro di Patrick Nicholas girato ad Orvieto in ottobre 2007
Per il programma di attualità Storie - domenica 13 gennaio 2008
Il documentario si intitola “Mi Specchio nell’Arte” di Leonardo Colla
si può vedere in streaming su internet:
http://www.rtsi.ch/trasm/storie/welcome.cfm?idg=0&ids=0&idc=25300
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“Mi specchio nell’arte” di Leonardo Colla
Senza pudore o imbarazzo posano nude davanti all’obiettivo. Donne di età diverse e dalla vita assolutamente normale che per un giorno si trasformano mettendosi in posa e partecipando alla ricostruzione fotografica di un’opera d’arte. L’idea, assolutamente divertente, è di Patrick Nicholas, fotografo inglese che da anni vive a Orvieto, e che crea originali tableau-vivant con “muse” della porta accanto. Bellezze non convenzionali, ma che grazie al taglio ironico di Patrick escono dal torpore della tranquilla vita di provincia italiana per entrare in quello più glamour della foto artistica.
Video del "backstage" delle Belle Romagnole
Qui potete vedere un clip del video registrato backstage durante le photoshoot delle Belle Romagnole. Anche il documentario girata dalla tv svizzera
Marella Ferrera
Ora in Edicola Non Solo Sposi - un intero servizio, copertina compresa, dedicato all’ultima collezione di Marella Ferrera, photo di Patrick Nicholas - vedi Figure a Colori
The photos are published in this month’s Non Solo Sposi magazine
Association of Photographers
Patrick è associato al prestigioso albo di fotografi Association of Photographers di Londra
http://hub.the-aop.org/
Questo sito appartiene a http://www.photographyhomepages.com
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Pagamento
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Galleria Photo Nicholas
La nuova galleria Photo Nicholas si trova in Corso Cavour, Orvieto. Siamo aperti tutti i giorni durante l’estate. Tel+39 0763 562004
Corso Cavour è la strada principale che attraversa il centro storico. Siamo 50 minuti da Roma Termini e 90 da Firenze: http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html
L’interno della galleria e una vista di Oriveto:
Contatta Patrick Nicholas
indirizzo postale:
Corso Cavour, 273
05018 Orvieto,TR
Italia
cell: +39 347 275 2630
Tel +39 0763 562004
fax: + 39 0763 562005
Se preferite contattarmi via email, siete pregati di utilizzare il modulo qui sotto.
Fotografie in Vendita
Stampe di autore
Non tutte le foto sono disponibili in formati grandi (A2, A1, A0). Certe foto sono disponibili in edizioni limitate solo (di solito formato A2 o più grande). Gli ultimi numeri di edizioni limitate possono costare di più.
Le stampe sono conosciute come “Stampe Giclée”, che significa che sono stampe d’autore a getto d’inchiostro utilizzando inchiostri che dovrebbero durare da 100 a 200 anni. Le stampe sono delicate e temono umidità e sole diretto. Per ulteriori informazioni (in inglese): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giclee
Le stampe sono facilmente rotolate e spedite in tubi di cartone rigido. Spese di spedizione non sono comprese. Tutte le stampe di A3 in su saranno assicurate contro danni e perdite. Stampe per spedizione non saranno montate con passe-partout
Le stampe sono senza passe-partout. Stampe con passe-partout tipo ‘museo’ si deve aggiungere 10% e passare prenderle in galleria.
Prezzi: paesaggi
A4 (21 x 29.7 cm, 8.3 x 11.7")
£50, €75, $80
A3 (29.7 x 42 cm, 11.7 x 16.5")
£97, €130, $190
A3 Plus (33 x 48 cm, 13 x 19")
£120, €180, $200
A2 (42 x 59.4 cm, 16.5 x 23.4") edizione limitata di 50
£250, €375, $400
A1 (59.4 × 84.1 cm, 23.4 × 33.1") edizione limitata d 25
£400, €600, $640
A0 (84.1 × 118.9 cm, 33.1 × 46.8") edizione limitata d 25
£650, €975, $990
Paesaggi paesaggi in formato Panorama
17 x 45 cm €90
25 x 49 cm €115
30 x 70 cm €145
36 x 83 cm tiratura limitata di 50 €345
44 x 110 cm tiratura limitata di 50 €595
80 x 210 cm tiratura limitata di 25 €875
Prezzi per Figure e “Le Belle”
A4 (21 x 29.7 cm, 8.3 x 11.7")
£90, €135, $175
A3 (29.7 x 42 cm, 11.7 x 16.5")
£130, €195, $250
A3 Plus (33 x 48 cm, 13 x 19") limited edition of 50
£160, €245, $315
30 x 70 cm limited edition of 50 £230 €345 $515
A2 (42 x 59.4 cm, 16.5 x 23.4") tiratura limitata di 50
£250, €375, $400
50 x 70 cm (20 x 28") tiratura limitata di 50
£465 €695 $895
43 x 90 cm limited edition of 50 €600
A1 (59.4 × 84.1 cm, 23.4 × 33.1") tiratura limitata di 50
£500, €750, $800
A0 (84.1 × 118.9 cm, 33.1 × 46.8") tiratura limitata di 25
£750, €1,125, $1,460
Edizioni Limitate
Stampe Giclèe in Edizioni Limitate e numerate sono disponibili nelle seguente misure:
edizione di dieci stampe, 15 x 20” (37 x 50cm) (ediizione di 10) £625, €935, $960
edizione di dieci stampe,12 x 16” (30 x 40 cm) £500, €750, $800
Stampe su tela Lambda in edizioni limitate formato 100 x 70cm: per ulteriori informazioni, si prega di contattare il fotografo.
Nuovi corsi per Cameraetrusca
Workshop fotografici da 1999. Ci trasferiamo ad Orvieto in maggio 2007
Per ulteriore informazioni:
A holiday workshop like no other.
Camera Etrusca has been operating since 1999 and has seen scores of amateur and even some professional photographers bounce over the Etruscan countryside in our Land Rover (and we really DO go off the road!). Until 2006 we operated from Marta on the shores of Lake Bolsena, but we have now moved to the nearby picturesque and ancient hill town of Orvieto in Umbria, famous for its gothic cathedral and fine wines. We shall continue to visit Lake Bolsena and the surrounding area of northern Latium and Tuscany. Accommodation is in hotels in Orvieto.
For further information visit www.cameraetrusca.com
Le Belle Romagnole nel Sunday Times magazine
Leggete l’articolo del Sunday Times di Londra sulla serie delle Belle Romagnole (17 luglio 2005)
The Sunday Times magazine 17, July 2005
Bigger Picture
The Paint Strippers
by Nicholas Farrell
A remarkable project to reinterpret classic paintings has become the talk of northern Italy. And nobody’s raising money for charity. Nicholas Farrell explains how the ladies were persuaded to disrobe for art’s sake Since the success of the film Calendar Girls, even the most apparently conventional women in Britain seem surprisingly swift to remove their clothes for a charitable cause. But how many members of our Women’s Institutes or Townswomen’s Guilds would be willing to pose for pictures like these? These photographs feature not models or actresses, but ordinary women. They are all Italian, and they are all volunteers. They took their clothes off not for charity but for their love of art.
Each picture is a take on a world-famous painting, in styles ranging from pre-Raphaelite to art deco. The works of art have been re-created down to the temperamental skies of Giorgione’s Sleeping Venus, or the bold daubs of a de Lempicka portrait. But they have also been ingeniously updated: Ingres’ Grande Odalisque is now equipped with a telephone; and in the Giorgione mock-up, as Venus sleeps, her mountain bike can be seen in the background.
Common to each is a beautiful female central subject in a state of tasteful undress. Patrick Nicholas, the photographer, captures the allure of his subjects without resorting to gratuitous smut. He has done the classical masters proud.
Painters have often reworked the old masters, says Nicholas, the best-known example being an updating of a painting by Raphael by Manet which shocked Paris in 1863 Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe. It shocked most notably for its vivid colours and for the use of modern people enjoying a bizarre, by the standards of any period, picnic. Just as Raphael used a beautiful but ordinary woman as a model (fornarina means baker), I have been able to use extraordinary, ordinary women who have ordinary jobs. Extraordinary because they were prepared to commit to what must be an unusual and unnerving experience. Few of these women are beautiful in the conventional model sense, yet they are all striking in their different roles. The casting was perhaps the most tricky part of the project.
Back in 1989, Nicholas created a postcard that was his interpretation of an Ingres painting, La Grande Odalisque. The picture was smart, beautiful and sexy. A colleague, the British journalist Nicholas Farrell “a recent biographer of Mussolini” became involved, convinced the concept had greater potential: “It was my idea to turn it into a series of weekly posters wrapped around the newspaper I write for, La Voce di Romagna. But would I be able to persuade my paper to accept it, and its readers to pose for it?”
Farrell went to Gianni Celli, the owner of La Voce di Romagna, a regional daily paper in the Romagna area of northern Italy, now part of the larger Emilia-Romagna region, which includes Bologna and Rimini. He saw the potential immediately. Full nudity was out of the question but “even so” finding the women was going to be a huge problem, especially as they were not to be paid. Money would debase the project: the women should be volunteers, committed to the idea. They also decided the women had to be Romagnole. But, if a woman could not use money as justification for taking off her clothes and having the results published in a newspaper, then why would she agree?
To find such women, Celli and Farrell ran a full-page advert in the paper, showing Nicholas’s take on The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, with a friend of a friend as Venus. They soon had their volunteers. Farrell thinks this might be because they are Romagnola women. “The Romagna has always had a fiercely independent history. The Romagnoli, of both sexes, have a reputation for being great fun.”
Ultimately, he believes the Italian love of beauty inspired the women. Beauty, Farrell says, is seen as an integral part of function. “An ugly chair isn’t an effective chair. If something is not bella it is not simply ugly; it is also wrong.”
