Jon Nicholson is a British photographer with over four decades of professional practice and the author of more than twenty published books. His work spans social documentary, portraiture and long-form photographic projects, often centred on people whose lives are shaped by labour, landscape and identity.

Nicholson first gained international recognition with Damon Hill’s Grand Prix Year (1994) and Damon Hill’s Championship Year (1996), followed by The A1: The UK’s Longest Road (1997), supported by Toyota. His landmark project Cowboys: A Vanishing World (2001), sponsored by Kodak and later supported globally by Levi’s, was exhibited internationally including at The Evitts Hayley Library Texas, where his archive is now held. Further major works include Ganges (2001), also supported by Kodak, Seaside Polaroids (2013), and Macchina (2024).

His exhibitions include a retrospective at Newlands House Gallery (2019), presentations at Aperture (London/India, 2024), Ferrari at The Music Room, London (2007), Darfur at Air Gallery, London (2007), and earlier exhibitions at the Science Museum and Grosvenor House, London.

Nicholson has been sponsored by Kodak, Olympus (over fifteen years), Levi’s and Toyota. He has held visiting and professorial roles at UWIC Cardiff and Gray's School of Art, and continues to lecture annually.

He has lived in the South Downs for over thirty years. His current large-format analogue project explores the rural communities who shape the landscape, bringing together decades of sustained engagement with place.