Nick Ballon (b.1976) lives and works in London.
Nick Ballon is a documentary and portrait photographer, whose Anglo-Bolivian heritage is an important source of subject matter and inspiration in his work, exploring socio-historical ideas of identity and place, the concept of ‘foreignness’ and belonging.
He graduated with a BA (hons) from Berkshire School of art and design in 2001, and since then has worked editorially for a number of respected international publications, including the Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian Magazine, the Financial Times, the New York Times, El Pais and Der Spiegel.
His work has been exhibited internationally including at Rencontres d’Arles, Beijing Triennial, Guernsey Photography Festival, KK Outlet, Wellcome Trust, and NCM/Foyle Foundation, and received an honourable mention for the Photographic Museum of Humanity grant. Nick was selected winner for 2 categories on the 2015 Creative Review Photo Annual, with 'El Alto' under ‘Personal/non-published’ section, and with his still and moving image work for Crane cookware under the ‘Advertising/marketing’ section.
In 2013 he self-published his first book Ezekiel 36:36 which looked at the curious and precarious existence of Bolivia’s national airline, which received much critical acclaim and was one of TIME’s best photo-books of 2013.
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