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3.13.08

Nicholas will be attending and presenting work at FotoFest 2008 in Houston Texas between March 13-20.

8.7.07

B&W Magazine has selected Nicholas to be featured in their August 07 portfolio awards issue.

2.21.07

Nicholas's work has been reviewed in the Fall Church News Press, Ellipse Art Center: Photo 07 Review. Here's what they have to say:

"Further dabbling in the Delta brings us to the work of Nicholas Syracuse who grew up along route 1 in Virginia and now splits his time between DC and New Orleans. Syracuse who has two excellent images in this show; with my favorite being the color photo " Gumballs and Crushed Chicklets U.S. 1 New Jersey. Here we find a couple of untouched gumballs on the roadside, with a multitude of other crushed confections in the blurry background. It literally has an edgy feel to it. A sort of malevolent playfulness. Gumballs being a something of a childhood pursuit, and the crushing there of the adult passing cars offer some clear clues as to what metaphoric message is. With the untouched gumballs literally the focus of gumballs of the image, your almost forced to give it a positive, survivor's spin to it. When you wear on their nerves, and they want you to grow up, they tell you to go "play in traffic". The image seems to be commenting about the playful pleasures of childhood, and how we should cherish the few pieces that manage to survive the process."

11.21.04

Orchises Press has recently selected the photograph 'Lightning over Alcatraz' as the cover image for John Witte's newest book entitled 'The Hurtling'.

10.1.03

Nicholas's photos of legendary Hell's Angel Sonny Barger are featured in both the June issue of Phoenix magazine and as the author photo of Sonny in his first novel "Dead in 5 Heartbeats". "Dead in 5 Heartbeats" was released September 23 by publisher HarperCollins.

More information about Sonny Barger and his first novel can be found at the following sites:

www.sonnybarger.com www.deadin5heartbeats.com

9.23.03

A note from the road from Nicholas...

"In the past when I set out on the road, I generally would leave behind the east coast guided by the magnetic pull towards the west. Over time, I discovered I knew very little about the east and have recently set out on a new project to explore and photograph along US 1. US 1 is the old east coast highway running from the far northern town of Fort Kent Maine, 2209 miles to the island of Key West Florida. Currently I'm about midway through the trip and have found US 1 to be the most diverse and exciting roads I've ever encountered in America. With the project I'm taking a departure from my previous black and white road work to experiment and shoot exclusively in color. Stay tuned for this new collection in the coming months."

5.14.03

Nicholas has received confirmation that Bobby Beausoleil will be collaborating with him on the American Road project. Bobby will be incorporating the sounds Nicholas has recorded on the road into a soundscape of original music that will compliment and enhance the photographs. Check back frequently for updates on this project.

Nicholas is also currently featured in the Artist Profile section of the online magazine Allzah.com. The article features a brief biography of Nicholas, in addition to many of his photographs. The full article can be viewed here.

5.1.03

Nicholas has received the "Marcel Bardon Award" from the Corcoran College of Art and Design's Annual Student Awards Ceremony. The awards ceremony was held on April 29th in the Frances & Armand Hammer Auditorium. The ceremony featured selected slides from the photographer's "American Road" project.

3.13.03

Four images from the "American Road" series were recently selected and published in The GW Review. The photographs included were "67 years old, San Francisco" (cover image), "Mechanic, Terra Haute Indiana", "Tobacco Field, Tennessee" and "Kingman Arizona".

The GW Review is a Literary and Arts Journal published by George Washington University in Washington DC.

gwreview@gwu.edu

I just returned back east from 8,000 miles of back-roads and city traffic spanning America, in search of more memories and photographs that I hope represent an essence of my discoveries. In the coming weeks I will be in the darkroom printing new additions to the American Road gallery, and will also add a new gallery featuring selected photos of musicians I've had the pleasure in working with over the last couple months. This new Music and Media gallery will present work featuring Godhead, Boyd Rice, and Death in June's Douglas P. along with others.

Please check back into this site periodically to view up-dates in which I am very excited to have had the opportunity to experience and share with you.