About

Nicol Hockett is a photographer and contemporary lens-based artist whose work spans documentary, portraiture, and fine art. She works selectively, focusing on civic and philanthropic efforts, including community initiatives, cultural and political events, and collaborations with organizations and institutions such as the American Heart Association, the Ambassador of France, Sotheby’s, and the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Her five-year study of the Lonaconing Silk Mill and her coverage of the Women’s March on Washington reflect an approach shaped by historical awareness and contemporary engagement. In each of these settings, she creates images that strengthen identity and connection.

Her photographs have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at FotoNostrum in Barcelona, the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., and galleries across the United States and the United Kingdom. In 2025, her photograph Power’s Afterglow was featured in Sex and Politics, a curated exhibition presented by Art-Icon at the Bastille Design Center in Paris during Paris Photo Week. In 2026, her photograph First Gesture was selected for the Art-Icon exhibition Love in Paris. Her images have also appeared in the Journal of the Royal Photographic Society, Photographer’s Forum annuals, and distinguished U.S. public art collections.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Hockett spent four decades in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area before returning to her hometown and renewing her relationship to the visual and emotional language that shapes her work.

She is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS), a Professional Member of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), and a Professional Member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). She holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Old Dominion University, a Master of Arts in Communication from Johns Hopkins University, and a Professional Photography Certificate from the Washington School of Photography. At Oxford University, she studied the Old Masters and art appreciation, developing a strong framework for visual analysis and interpretation. She has also served as a photographic judge and provided critique for camera clubs and art leagues throughout the greater Washington region.

Before establishing her practice, Hockett built a distinguished career in digital strategy. She was a founding member of Web Services at UUNET Technologies, the first commercial ISP, and later joined AT&T during its acquisition of CERFnet, where she worked in a leadership capacity developing web services and advising AT&T Solutions, the company’s enterprise consulting group. Her work helped shape the original online presence of organizations ranging from emerging startups such as Google to major global companies. That experience later informed her graduate research at Johns Hopkins University, where she focused on corporate, nonprofit, and political communication and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).

Her work engages history, memory, and preservation, moving between the monumental and the intimate. Across genres and industries, it reflects a commitment to images that document with rigor, communicate with clarity, and contribute with purpose.