Nigel Dennis
Nigel Dennis
Nigel Forbes Denniswas an English writer, critic, playwright and magazine editor...
admit bored far grew late ordinary passing rather school terribly
Rather ordinary really - I grew up in the UK, was terribly bored at school (and I have to admit rather rebellious, but this was the late sixties!), but got as far as passing A levels..
clients learn lots pan projects
One thing you learn fast, when working freelance, is that lots of things do not pan out - projects get canned, clients don't pay, and so on.
canvas discovered quickly simply somehow suited work
I very quickly discovered photography suited me better - somehow I could get things to work on film, that simply did not look right canvas or paper.
agency assignment geographic merely national point stock time worked
I should point out that I have not worked for National Geographic on assignment - they have merely used my stock agency pics from time to time.
photography wildlife wanted
All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography.
courage self risk
Most acts of assent require far more courage than most acts of protest, since courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation.
world goodness stills
I hope to goodness I would not still be working in the corporate world - the money is OK but it is no life at all.
self risk humiliation
Courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation.
brilliant easy brilliant-ideas
The Kalahari is brilliant - and easy to visit.
shy firsts nocturnal
My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal.
shooting lists needs
Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need.
dream wildlife example
I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.
years gears debt
So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear!
witty husband science
[Agatha Christie] is fond of quoting the witty wife who once said, 'an archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her. Christie's husband, Max Mallowan, was an archaeologist.