Nicol Hockett specializes in portrait photography with an approach that balances authenticity in studio craft with a refined finishing style to bring out and preserve the beauty of the subject's character.

As well as her passion for making portraits, she also creates lens-based, contemporary visual art that is playful and vibrant and inspired by beloved people, places, and things.

Her photographs have earned awards and recognition in leading international photographic competitions and exhibitions and have been published in the Journal of the Royal Photographic Society, Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography Annuals, Artistonish Contemporary Fine Art Magazine, and numerous exhibition books.

Her work has been exhibited at the National Geographic Museum and in physical and virtual galleries in the United States and Great Britain. Additionally, Baltimore Center Stage and the Baltimore County Public Library have selected her images to be permanently placed in their public art collections.

She is an Associate of The Royal Photographic Society (ARPS), a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) with the Professional Photographers of America (PPA), a Professional Member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), and an Advanced Member of The Center For Photography At Woodstock (CPW).

Nicol serves as a photography competition judge in the D.C. metro area and lives in Loudoun County with her husband and children, Lucy and Leo. She loves to explore wineries, farms, and historic sites.