Jimmy Nicholson

Jimmy Nicholson is a Quincy, Florida-based photographer whose formal photographic training consisted of a single photography class at Florida State. Originally from Bainbridge, Georgia, Nicholson was mentored by fellow collection member Paul Kwilecki. His body of work consists of two distinct periods. From 1974–1982, he traveled the roads of North Florida, Southwest Georgia, and to a lesser extent, Southeast Alabama, land bounded by the Flint, Chattahoochee, and Apalachicola Rivers, finding subjects to photograph. In 2013, he started producing work again, focusing on documenting life along the Forgotten Coast of North Florida, a section of coastline stretching from Mexico Beach to Carrabelle. More recently, he has been documenting migrant workers in the tomato fields and forests of Gadsden County.

“My work is my diary of the places I have gone, the people I have met, and events that I have witnessed.”