I have been shooting with a camera since I got my first Kodak Instamatic 104 when I was 8 years old. My life has been shaped by my lens as I have sought out new images ever since. Through the years, I have amassed a collection of many tens of thousands of images. I will try and place a few select images up on this site as cross reference to my experiences which have spanned the globe and encompassed a wide spectrum of experiences. As a longtime student of photography (and the darkroom), I have no prejudices against manipulating an image; be it in the darkroom, on canvas, on the computer, or within the camera itself. I feel that is what makes my images 'art' as opposed to 'snapshots'. All the classic period artists of the past added their own interpretation to the images they created, I feel my photography is no different.
I currently live with my wife on a small farm in Northeast Vermont.
John Nielsen joined Fine Art America on August 12th, 2013.
