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Nicholas Raymond Elliott
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Elliott in 2021
Born
Nicholas Raymond Elliott

1995
Peterborough, United Kingdom
Occupation Photographer

Nicholas Raymond Elliott (born 1955, in Peterborough) is a British photographer. [1]

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Biography

Elliott grew up in Stanground [2] and joined Ascential when it was East Midlands Allied Press (EMAP). He worked as an editorial photographer for Anglian Times, Motor Cycle News [3] and Motor Cycle Racing. [4]

After Elliott left EMAP he was commissioned by IPC for Truck Magazine, Car Magazine, and Auto Car. [5] Elliott also worked with agencies Saatchi & Saatchi, Yellow Hammer, Carlson, Young & Rubican, [5] GGT, Ogilvy & Mather, and MSBK. [6]

In 1990, Publicis' campaign If You're Not Feeling Too Special for Sonatogen [3] placed 3rd in Euro Best Awards using Elliott's photography. Elliott was commissioned by TBWA to photograph the 1992 UK general election billboard for the Liberal Democrats. [5]

Elliott has photographed musicians throughout his career, shot in Nashville, Tennessee, [7] in 2010 and for Planet Rock. [8]

Published work

In 2011, Rufus Stone [9] released a book; TEN-A Decade In Images, using Elliott's images from the Cambridge Folk Festival,. [10] Elliott published a follow-up; 50Folk, as a personal celebration of 50 years of the festival, in 2014.

A year later, Elliott released Three Weeks One Summer [6] documenting The Marmalade during the making of Penultimate. [11] A fourth book, Ice Cream & Sun Cream, was released in 2017.

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