Jim Nickelson is sooooo good…
Jim Nickelson has a printer the size of a piano in his walkout basement office – yes, you guessed it – it’s the Epson Stylus Pro 9900 (it prints up to 44″ wide). And does he ever know how to use the thing.
Number one: Jim is an extraordinary photographer himself (and is represented exclusively by VoxPhotographs) but the fact that his photograph “Moonrise, Penobscot Bay” just won BEST OF SHOW and FIRST PLACE IN COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY at the Maine Photographic Show in Boothbay (100 photographers included in the show) and that he is an extraordinary photographer is not the point of this note. Number two: Jim is simply an incredible technician when it comes to handling negatives, scanning and printing the finest digital prints you’ll see anywhere.
He knows his stuff and he clearly understands that it’s all in the details (he’s earned degrees in aeronautical engineering degree and patent law) when it comes to printing artist’s work – whether it be fine art photography or reproductions of paintings, or prints of any photograph you may need a print of.
And Number three: Jim can photograph your paintings, sculpture, furniture – even your kid if you want him too. So he’s pretty much a one-stop shop. His own fine art photographs are the work of a skilled colorist and technician – talents and insights that go a long way toward understanding what makes a great print. He truly gets this stuff.
David Mishkin (see a blurb on David under the blog category: Maine Resources I Love) of Black and White, based in Portland, came to the gallery to see the black and white prints Jim made of Mason Philip Smith’s vernacular Maine Heritage images from the 60′s and 70′s (originals are now owned by the Maine Historic Preservation Trust) and pronounced them some of the finest digital prints he had ever seen. Jim has replicated hand-painted images created by Ralph Farnham Blood in the 1930′s and JC Bicknell hand-painted images from the 1910′s – and they are so beautifully rendered, they take your breath away.
With Jim working for you the results are never good. They are great. They are perfect.
And Number four: he’s an awfully nice guy.
Contact Jim at: jimnickelson@yahoo.com, or 207-322-1351.
