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Value your Art?Do you know the value of your Nicky Newman?

Nicky Newman

South African 1986- 

Nicky Newman is a photographer and documentary filmmaker who studied Journalism, Media and Psychology at Rhodes University in the late 1980s. She established a documentary production company, See Thru Media, and has been producing, directing, shooting and editing award-winning documentary films, focusing on arts and culture, for the broadcast industry and developmental sector for over 20 years

Newman now focuses mostly on stills photography and has participated in a number of group exhibitions. She was a finalist for the Hopper Art Prize 2020, was shortlisted for the Zeiss Photography Award in 2017, and won the Infecting the City photography competition in 2010. Newman is currently working on her first book of photography, developing a number of new photographic bodies of work, and is completing a feature-length documentary film on playwright and theatre director Brett Bailey.

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