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Shortcuts to popular photo galleries:
New! Mendocino Firefighters Save Historic 1871 Building
Philo Hayward at Caspar Inn 2007 | Hot Air Balloon at Casparfest 2007
Mendocino Film Festival 2007, 2006 | Bill Irwin in Fort Bragg 2007
Kate Wolf Music Festival 2006, 2005 | La Bohème by Opera Fresca 2006
Mendocino Whale War 1976- Revised 1/16/2008 -
"New Pioneer Family" - Tony and Ella Russell with son Jesse near their home in Elk / Greenwood, California, 1972 - © Nicholas Wilson
Click on the picture for more information about the book.Above is the front cover of Nicholas Wilson's photo book released in December 2006. The photos include people, places and events of the Mendocino Coast during the 1970s and early '80s.
The book has been a local bestseller. The limited first edition of 200 signed and numbered books sold out within a week of release, and the revised edition has gone through ten additional small printings.
Books are in stock at Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino, Mendocino Twist, the Mendocino Art Center Gallery, Cheshire Bookshop in Fort Bragg, and Mendocino Book Company in Ukiah, California. A paperback version is available for $15 less than the hard cover, but only by direct order from the printer, Blurb.com
Click here for more information about the book and how to get it
See a page of sample photos from the book
Announcements
Nicholas Wilson has photos on display at the Mendocino Art Center gallery.
Nicholas covered a major fire in Mendocino as a freelance photojournalist on self-assignment for the Mendocino Beacon, with a story appearing in the January 10, 2008 issue, and photos to be posted soon on this site. Scroll to the bottom of this page for one photo of the fire scene.
A web gallery has been added to this site for Philo Hayward's Shuffle Band Reunion and Tribal Stomp at the Caspar Inn on August 10, 2007.
Photos of the great physical comedian Bill Irwin in live performance in Fort Bragg July 8, 2007, are now online.
The Kate Wolf Music Festival 2006 online photo gallery is now available for viewing (posted 6/22/2007)
The Mendocino Twist shop on Main St. and the Mendocino Art Center Gallery are the latest outlets for the Mendocino In The Seventies photo book. Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino, Cheshire Bookshop in Fort Bragg, and Mendocino Book Company in Ukiah also carry the book.
Framing prints of virtually any photo in Mendocino In The Seventies or the Kate Wolf Festival web galleries may be special ordered. Available print sizes include 8x10, 11x14 and 16x20. Email mail@nwilsonphoto.com for prices and availability. Please ID prints by book page or web image file number.
View the poster for the Dec. 9, 2006 book release and gallery opening events.
(1.2 MB PDF file opens in a new window, requires the free Adobe Reader to view.)
Mendocino Wedding Photography
A happy bride and groom leaving the altar.Nicholas Wilson is an award-winning Mendocino photographer with over three decades of experience and scores of happy customers. He brings an artist's eye to documentary style wedding photography that captures the highlights and the emotions of the day in a story-telling photo essay.
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Music, Performance and Special Events Photography
Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn headlined the Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival 2006.
Cockburn's 29th album "Life Short Call Now" was released in the U.S. on July 18, 2006.
Nicholas Wilson has excelled at documentary photography of music, performance and special events since the early 1970s, starting with the Mendocino Coast's legendary outdoor boogies (rock 'n roll dance/picnics) organized by the late, lamented Cat Mother And The All-Night Newsboys, who fled the Big Apple and started a vibrant live music scene on the Mendocino Coast that still echoes today.
From the Music, Performance and Special Events index page you can view web photo galleries including:
Philo Hayward's Shuffle Band Reunion and Tribal Stomp 2007
The great Bill Irwin in performance 2007
The Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festivals of 2004, 2005 and 2006
Mendocino Film Festival of 2006 and 2007
Mendocino's July 4, 2006 Parade and Independence Day celebrations
Opera Fresca's 2006 Production of Puccini's La Bohème
Fine Scenic Photography
Mendocino Coast at Cuffey's Cove, 1973
(click photo for larger view of this and other scenic photos)Nicholas Wilson has been making scenic photographs on the beautiful Mendocino Coast since the early 1970s. His fine prints were exhibited for many years at Zacha's Bay Window Gallery and Highlight Gallery in Mendocino. He was the only photographer represented by Zacha's, the first art gallery in Mendocino, which presented annual one-man shows of his work. Hundreds of his scenic landscape and marine view prints are in private collections nationwide. Many have been published in national magazines and newspapers, including the The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and Oceans magazine.
(Scroll to the bottom of this page for a more recent color scenic view)
Documentary, News and Historical Photography
Mendocino Whale War and Greenpeace vessels rendezvous 100 miles off Cape Mendocino
during the anti-whaling campaign of 1976. This photo went out internationally over the UPI wire service.Photojournalism and documentary photography have been important activities of Nicholas Wilson over the past three decades. His news and documentary photos have been published in national magazines and newspapers including The New York Times and Germany's Stern magazine.
Nicholas has published a new book of his documentary photos of Mendocino in the Seventies.
In 1976 Nicholas was the official photographer for the Mendocino Whale War, a colorful local community effort to stop whaling fleets from Japan and the Soviet Union from slaughtering whales off the Mendocino Coast.
The Mendocino Whale War web photo gallery was prepared for the 2006 annual Mendocino Whale Festival in Mendocino and Fort Bragg, which marked the 30th anniversary of the events. It was presented as a slide show and history talk at the Kelley House Museum in Mendocino in March 2006. (For more about the festival see www.mendocinocoast.com)
The two links below take you to the story of the Mendocino Whale War and the online photo gallery.
The Story of the Mendocino Whale War of 1976
story and photos by Nicholas WilsonMendocino Whale War 30th Anniversary Photo Gallery
photos by Nicholas Wilson
News and Updates
We have added a News and Updates page with items about Nicholas Wilson, his work and recent additions to this website. You'll find information about exhibitions, events, publications and more.
Contact Information
Nicholas Wilson
Phone 707-937-0137 or toll free 866-201-3576 (Pacific time)
P.O. Box 943
Fax by prearrangement only, please phone first
Mendocino CA 95460-0943
Email: mail at nwilsonphoto.com (use @ symbol, delete spaces)
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Latest Featured photo
The Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department was able to save the historic 1871 Jarvis-Nichols building from a two-alarm fire the night of January 8, 2008. There was one burn injury to an occupant, and the building suffered significant structural damage to the second floor and attic. There was some smoke and water damage to Gallery Bookshop on the ground floor, but the store opened for business the next day and remains open during repairs. The landmark building at the corner of Mendocino's Main and Kasten Streets dates from before 1880. Click for more photos of this fire and more information about it..
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