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About Nicholas Wilson

Nicholas Wilson has been living on the Mendocino Coast and making fine photographs since 1970. His original fine-art scenic photography has been exhibited in many one-man shows in prestigious Mendocino art galleries, and his prints are found in private collections nationwide. His photojournalism, documentary and scenic work has been published in the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, the Times of London, Germany's Stern magazine and many other magazines and newspapers.

Nicholas is a self-taught photographer who was inspired by the stunning natural beauty of the Mendocino Coast and the work of pioneer scenic and documentary photographers of the area, including Carleton E. Watkins and Martin M. Hazeltine, both active in the area in the 1860s. Nicholas sold a photo for commercial use from his very first roll of black and white film in late 1971. From the beginning his photos were widely published in Mendocino Coast magazines and newspapers, and soon reached a wider audience. He also self-published his work as postcards, greeting cards and posters.

In the mid-seventies, Nicholas was a documentary photographer aboard two ocean voyages to stop commercial whaling by Japan and the Soviet Union. The first was aboard the Canadian vessel Phyllis Cormack with the 1976 Mendocino Whale War. In 1977 he was aboard the Ohana Kai with Greenpeace-Hawaii on a voyage that confronted a large Russian whaling fleet in the North Central Pacific. The Greenpeace voyage was also the subject of a television documentary by ABC-TV. (See the Mendocino Whale War photo album elsewhere on this site.) Nicholas continues to support efforts for environmental and social justice. 

In the mid 1970s, Nicholas added wedding photography to his scenic, documentary, photojournalism and commercial work. In recent years, wedding and special event photography has become a major part of his business.

In the mid 1990s, Nicholas added investigative journalism to his repertoire, becoming a frequent contributor of articles and photos to one of the earliest Internet newspapers, the Albion Monitor, which is based in Sonoma County and serves a nationwide readership.

Nicholas holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, where he also completed the course work for the PhD. His interests include art, music, history, politics, justice, communications and technology.

Nicholas and his wife live in a wooded area near Mendocino, California, close enough to hear the volunteer fire department's WW II surplus air raid siren.

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