About

Nicol Hockett is a photographer whose work spans documentary, photojournalism, portraiture, and abstract art. She is known for projects that preserve history and amplify human stories, including a five-year study of the Lonaconing Silk Mill, coverage of the Women’s March on Washington, and philanthropic events such as the American Heart Association’s Heart’s Delight. Her assignments have included documenting premier occasions such as the Embassy & Winemaker Dinner at the Residence of the Ambassador of France, the Sotheby’s Vintners Dinner & Auction, and the gala festivities at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Her images have been published in the Journal of the Royal Photographic Society and Photographer’s Forum Annuals, and exhibited at FotoNostrum in Barcelona, the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., and galleries across the U.S. and U.K. Her photographs are included in distinguished U.S. public art collections.

She is an Associate of The Royal Photographic Society (ARPS), a Professional Member of the National Press Photographers Association, and a Professional Member of the American Society of Media Photographers. Hockett holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Old Dominion University and a Master of Arts in Communication from Johns Hopkins University, as well as a Professional Photography Certificate from the Washington School of Photography. At Oxford University, she studied the Old Masters and Art Appreciation, focusing on formal elements of art, design principles, and visual analysis.

Her photography is fundamentally concerned with history, memory, and preservation, an inquiry into how the ephemeral might be sustained. She seeks to articulate both the monumental and the intimate, from collective acts of protest and celebration to the fleeting qualities of light, color, and human presence. In this way, her images function simultaneously as record and meditation, ensuring that what might otherwise vanish is rendered immediate, human, and enduring.