About
Born and raised in the long forgotten countryside of Visalia, California, Corey Nickols grew up playing in fields, fabricating forts and unknowingly living out his very own huckleberry childhood. A true nerd beckoning to be bullied, he filled his time building rockets, watching Dragonball Z and baking is little heart out. At the age of 8, he created his first photo album....an underwhelming collection of work containing images of his loving family roadtripping through the Pacific North West. The back seat view from their station wagon only encouraged his imagination to grow. He expanded his curiosity and craft by attending an art school and graduating with a Schrödinger BA...the true status of which has yet to be seen by outside observation.
Corey currently resides in Pasadena...but always fudges and says Los Angeles when asked by strangers. He celebrates his dyslexia by channeling the nostalgic whimsy upbeat wonder of his youth into everything he envisions. Sources of joy include seeing pugs, downplaying his obsession with anime, God forsaken mis-adventures in snowboarding, listening to music no one likes, barely learning Japanese, golf induced self pity and really...wtf is up with quantum mechanics. But most of all, connecting with other misfits and outcasts as an active board member for the Los Angeles chapter of APA, citing community and friendship as a key component behind a life well lived.
Client List:
20th Century Fox
Activision
Adweek
Backstage Magazine
CBS
Cold Open
The Daily Telegraph
Deutsch
Disney
Draft Kings
Droga5
Emmy Magazine
Entertainment Weekly
Esquire
Essence Magazine
The Guardian
Havas
HBO
Head & Shoulders
Hill Holliday
IMDb
Intel
Los Angeles Magazine
Muscle & Fitness
NBC
Observer Media
People Magazine
Pizza Hut
Sundance Film Festival
SXSW
Television Critics Association
Tribeca Film Festival
TV Guide
Verizon Media
VMLY&R
Yahoo!
YouTube
Awards:
2023 APA Awards (Celebrity / Musician) - Third Place
2022 APA Awards (Sports) - Second Place
2020 IPA: Editorial (Personality) - Second Place
2020 IPA: People (Portrait and Editorial) - Honorable Mention
2020 IPA: People (Children) - Honorable Mention
2019 PDN FACES - Second Place
2019 IPA: Editorial (Personality), People (Portrait) - Honorable Mention
2019 IPA: Analog/Film (Fine Art & Portrait) - Honorable Mention
2018 IPA: Editorial (personality) - Honorable Mention
2018 IPA: People (portrait) - Honorable Mention
2018 IPA: Fine Art (portrait) - Honorable Mention
2017 PDN FACES - First Place
2017 APA Awards: Personal - First Place
2017 APA Awards: Editorial - First Place
2017 IPA: Editorial (personality) - 2nd Place
2017 IPA: Editorial (personality) - Honorable Mention
2017 ONE EYELAND: Editorial (personality) - Bronze
2017 ONE EYELAND: People (portrait) - Bronze