The Upside Down

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Photographer

Nicky Hamilton
Prize

3rd Place / Fine Art/Other
Jury Top 5 Selection

Hiroshi Osaka
Company/Studios

Nicky Hamilton
Date of Photograph

1st April 2020
Technical Info

Hasselblad H4D60 with a 50mm lens
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Website

http://www.nickyhamilton.com

The Upside Down is a surreal look into the mental state of my son during lockdown in the Covid-19 pandemic. Just a few weeks in and he found it difficult to sleep alone, worrying that the world was going to end. Three months without his daily routine of school, friends, laughter and fun is three months too long for an eight year old boy.

Biography

Nicky Hamilton (British, born 1982), is a photographer and former Head of Art at leading advertising agency M&C Saatchi. His method is highly filmic, designing and building elaborate sets to create pictures of extraordinary detail and narrative. His work explores characters? emotional states by playing with performance and symbolism in order to produce deeply evocative moods.
Awards

Spotlight Awards, Grand Prize Winner, 2022 Spotlight Awards, People & Lifestyle Category Winner, 2022 PX3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris), Silver, 2022 Communication Arts, Photography Annual 63, Winner, 2022 Lürzer's Archive “200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide 2021/22” Lürzer's Archive “200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide 2020/21” American Photography 38, Chosen Winner, 2022 BBA Gallery photography prize, Shortlist, 2021 Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology, 2021 American Photography 37, Selected Winner, 2021 Hasselblad Master finalist, 2021 IPA, Bronze, Fine-Art, 2020 AOP open award winner, 2019 IPA, Bronze, Professional Advertising, Self-Promotion, 2019 Hasselblad Master finalist, 2018 D&AD Next Photographer, Shortlisted, 2017 AOP open award winner 2017