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Horace Walter Nicholls (17 February 1867 – 28 July 1941) was an English photographer, notable as a war photographer during World War I.
Abstract. During the early twentieth century, Horace Nicholls (1867-1941) was one of Britain’s best known photographers. After working as a portrait photographer in Chile and Windsor, Nicholls moved to South Africa where he photographed the 2nd Anglo-Boer War. In 1902, Nicholls returned to Britain, where he established his reputation as a ...
The Derby. Horace Nicholls British. ca. 1906. Not on view. Nicholls, a freelance press photographer who specialized in images of Edwardian high society, was typical of the first generation of professional photojournalists in his supple approach to photographic truth.
Horace W. Nicholls. Photographer. 1867 - 1941. Born in Cambridge in 1867, Horace Walter Nicholls was the eldest of ten children. His father, Arthur Nicholls, was an artist in watercolours and a photographer. In 1876 the family moved to Sandown in the Isle of Wight where Nicholls began learning his future trade in his father's studio.
Jul 2, 2019 · As Official Photographer of Great Britain during World War I, Horace Nicholls was commissioned to make a record of the war at home: the great munitions factories and shipyards, training camps, new recruits and soldiers on leave.
Dec 4, 2023 · The story behind an eye. Horace Nicholls was a veteran photographer when World War I broke out in 1914. Years ago, he had captured images in South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902)....
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Book the Horace W Nicholls Lecture. To those in the know Horace Nicholls is ranked amongst the most important of early English photographers, to the wider world he remains relatively unknown. With his presentation of over 200 slides from Nicholls' remarkable life's work, David Mallinson reveals the untold story. Divers entertain passengers on ...
