Wisdom in Light

• Photographer
  Nyk Sykes, Australia
• Studio
  Nyk Sykes Photography
• Website
  http://www.nyksykes.com
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/nyksykes/

Portrait of actor and writer Sage Godrei at the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Sydney. I'm inspired by the way that
capturing a person in a particular environment can capture their
personality as much as a facial portrait.

Nyk Sykes was born in Sydney, Australia and brought up in Australia and the UK.

He has won awards from Paris, London and New York, for his advertising, fashion, portrait, arts and entertainment photography.

Sykes' photography has been exhibited in Barcelona, Cannes, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Sydney and Venice. As well as on front covers of magazines from Madrid, Milan, New York, Sydney, Tokyo and Vancouver.

Sykes was trained in photography at the Sydney Institute of Technical and Further Education. Earlier he graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Arts.

Awards These include:
•Gold, Graphis Photography Annual (New York; 2023, '24)
•Gold, Graphis Nudes 5 (New York; 2019)
•Silver, Graphis Photography Annual, (New York; 2015, '17–18, '20–23)
•Silver, Prix de la Photographie Paris (Paris; 2012)
•Silver, London Photographic Association Awards (London; 2009)
•Bronze, Prix de la Photographie Paris (2010).
•Finalist, International Photography Awards (2011, '13, '14 and '20).