Nigel Hudson

I was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK in 1954 ... seems like only yesterday, but sadly, the passage of time can play tricks. Having said that ... and I am now seventy, my passion for life and in particular creating images, remains undimmed. After a successful career as a commercial photographer, I am now concentrating on my own work with renewed vigour. We all need to re-calibrate every so often and I am now focussed on realising my own vision of the world ... free from restraints of others.


During my professional career, I travelled widely and worked on behalf of many of the worlds leading brands. They included TWA, Sainsbury's. Barclays Bank, B & Q, Royal Bank of Canada, British Gas, 02, Yahoo and the Travel Corporation. I built long and lasting relationships with my clients because i was able to supply images that always went beyond the brief. My clients trusted me to go out on location, find the story and articulate their story in a way that was consistent and compelling.


And now, I do that for myself. Although I still do travel, my main source of inspiration lies on my doorstep, close to home. I live close to the Savernake Forest, near Marlborough in the county of Wiltshire, UK. I call this place my spiritual home. It's a...

My art education began with a foundation course at Leicester Polytechnic in 1973. The foundation building was in a condemned building by the canal in Leicester. Outwardly it looked like a dump, but within these walls, big ideas and some inspirational teaching took place. Artists like Derek Caruthers and Andy Hoogenboom nurtured an environment in which we could all move forward into a brave new world, leaving behind the rigid structure of art education at school. My thinking developed and it was a huge step forward for me. I accomplished more in my six months there than ever before. I will remember Leicester with great affection, despite the squalor!

The portfolio that I created at Leicester, helped me to secure a place at St Martin's School of Art in London. This was a three year course in Graphic Design. I was interested in pursuing illustration but after borrowing a camera from college to photograph a local Circus, there was no turning back. I spent many hours on the road with Gerry Cottle's Circus shooting anything that moved! I was inspired by a book called 'Circus days' by American photographer, Jill Freedman. With the help of legendary art photographer Dermott Goulding ( a tutor at the college ) I gained confidence. He was ...

I am a committee member of Marlborough Open Studios in Wiltshire, UK. I have exhibited on a regular basis since 2017 and have had a major exhibition at The White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough.