by Neil Hickson | 1 24 July, 2020 | monochrome, photo essay, Reportage
If you’ve looked at my website you’ll see that I really love monochrome photography. This isn’t anything new to me, black and white is where I started all those years ago as a kid, developing Ilford HP5 and FP4 films and printing images on an old enlarger up in my...
by Neil Hickson | 1 5 July, 2020 | landscape, monochrome, photo essay
Whenever I’m photographing for myself these days, I tend to work in Black and White. I love monochrome images, but taking landscapes with no colour takes some work. Without the power and punch of colour you have to work much harder on your composition....
by Neil Hickson | 1 20 October, 2019 | photo essay, Reportage
Britain’s Rare Guitars Live is the first event of its type run by Britain’s Rare Guitars. Britain’s Rare Guitars airs on Sky TV, and the content for this show will be broadcast sometime in November 2019. Questions cost nothing, ask me one now. Call...
by Neil Hickson | 1 22 September, 2019 | photo essay, Reportage
Some things you need to take part in because they are so important. Climate change is such a massive problem for us, taking part in the climate strike in Preston seemed the right thing to do. The sun shone, it was a beautiful day and a wonderful group of people came...
by Neil Hickson | 1 26 November, 2017 | photo essay
I had a great time working with ‘Walk The Plank’ on the ‘Sowing Seeds’ project back in April 2017. So, I was excited when they commissioned me to do a series of photo essays covering ‘Manchester Day.’ The Manchester Day parade in August brings together communities...
by Neil Hickson | 1 2 April, 2017 | photo essay
The ‘Sowing Seeds’ project was a collaboration between Burscough Community Farm, Edge Hill University Performing Arts and the ‘Walk The Plank’ theatre company. Over the course of March 2017 the three groups worked together to produce a unique...