Zed Nelson’s work has been published editorially, exhibited worldwide, and been recognised with many of photography’s top awards.
Nelsons work is always about people – images that are always compelling, memorable and authentic.
Commercial assignments have included poster and billboard ads for Budweiser and Vodafone, album covers for the Rolling Stones and Coldplay, and magazine cover shots of Oasis, Tom Jones and ex Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Having gained recognition and major awards for his documentary photography working in some of the most troubled areas of the world, Nelson continues to work on long-term personal projects alongside commissioned work.
Gun Nation - a dark reflection on America’s deadly love affair with the gun - was Nelson’s seminal first book. The project was awarded five major international photography prizes and is regarded by many as the definitive body of work on the subject.
Love Me - Nelson’s recently published second book - reflects on the cultural and commercial forces that drive a phenomenal global obsession with youth and beauty. The project spans five years, and involved photography in 18 countries across five continents. Love Me was recently Nominated for the 2011 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, short-listed for the Leica European Publishers Award for Photography, and received First Prize in the 2010 Pictures of the Year International Awards (USA).
Nelson’s work has been exhibited at Tate Britain, the ICA and the National Portrait Gallery, and is in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Nelson has had solo shows in London, Stockholm and New York.
Previous awards include the Visa d’Or, France; First Prize in World Press Photo Competition; and the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, USA.
Zed Nelson lives in London, and recently completed his first documentary film, Shelter in Place, to critical acclaim.
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