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“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera.
You bring to the act of photography

all the pictures you have seen,
the books you have read,
the music you have heard,
the people you have loved.” 
Ansel Adams

SELECTED PHOTO GALLERIES

 The Sea Point Pavilion.  This photo series by Nicky Newman was shortlisted for the Zeiss Photography Award 2017.  A Place of Water.  Swimming and diving.
 I love the simplicity of black and white photography.  I was trained  in black and white, old school in the darkroom.  So I'm very comfortable without the distractions of color.  Nicky Newman's photography album of  black and white images.
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The Housing Development Agency has been building new houses in the Western Cape for those previously living in tin shacks.  Nicky Newman has been following this journey from finding and preparing land, through construction to the handing over of houses for 5 years.
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As times and technologies change, so do the traditional ways of making a living based on ones skill, training and talent.     
                   
I have set up a Patreon page for those interested and/or able to sponsor my photographic endeavors.  
Your support via Patreon allows me to make non-commercial work that supports South African NGOs and social change movements.  
Press here to see what rewards are offered and how it works.

SELECTED FILMS

Documentary film From The Same Soil. Following gay and trans refugees living in South Africa.  Scalabrini.  Steps. Nicky Newman.
A Family Affair follows the amazing Makhene family through their extraordinary lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.  Filmed and directed by Bev Ditsie, produced and edited by Nicky Newman.  Opening night film for Encounters International Documentary Film Festival.

A FAMILY AFFAIR

Award winning documentary film Simon & I directed by Bev Ditsie and Nicky Newman. Relationship between activist Simon Nkoli and Bev Ditsie.  Homosexuality in Africa.  Pride.  AIDS.

SIMON & I

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WATCH TRAILER: Brett Bailey, Caught In The Act

COMING SOON

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