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