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House for an Art Lover

20th August 2018Galleriesarchitecture, bellahouston park, charles rennie mackintosh, glasgow, interior design, mackintosh, margaret mcdonald mackintosh, photography, Scotlandnickminers

In 1901, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, along with his wife Margaret McDonald Mackintosh entered a competition to design a Haus eines Kunstfreundes (House for an Art Lover) run by German magazine Zeitschrift fÃ¼r Innendekoration. His entry, while impressing the judges and public alike, was disqualified on a technicality, (although it was awarded a special prize for its ‘pronounced personal quality, novel and austere form and the uniform configuration of interior and exterior’) and he never saw the house realised in his lifetime. Continue reading House for an Art Lover →

The story behind the photo: The Cloudmakers

9th February 2017Articlesarchitecture, climate change, coal, cooling towers, global warming, long exposure, night, nottingham, nottinghamshire, power, power station, ratcliffe-on-soarnickminers

I have just been in the Nottingham and Leicester area for a shoot for Teenage Cancer Trust. While there, I took advantage of the opportunity to get a photo that I have been wanting to capture for years now. Continue reading The story behind the photo: The Cloudmakers →

2016 in review

21st December 2016Galleries2016, architecture, dartmoor, dublin, hebrides, Iceland, ireland, landscape, lewis and harris, London, Scotland, Stokksnes, sunset, urbannickminers

One photo from each month of 2016. All available as prints from nickminers.com/best_of_2016 Continue reading 2016 in review →

Guild Qualified

6th December 2016Articlesarchitecture, commercial, guild of photographers, interior design, interiors, qualification, qualifiednickminers

I recently submitted a portfolio of images to the Guild of Photographers for adjudication with the aim of receiving an official qualification from the Guild. My submission was successful, and as the work I submitted was commercial, rather than weddings or portraits, I’m putting my brief and the chosen images here to help anyone else looking to select images for a Guild professional qualification (QGPP). Continue reading Guild Qualified →

Secondary Modern

1st June 2016Galleriesarchitecture, building, education, London, modern, school, Shadwellnickminers

Some more photos of Bishop Challoner school, designed by Perkins Ogden architects, somewhere I visited a few weeks ago, but this time from the first shoot in 2013 where the emphasis was on the external architecture. I do really envy the young people who get to visit this amazing building every school day… Continue reading Secondary Modern →

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