"White Night over Neva River. St.Petersburg Russia"

Nicholas Sherman ACS (Australian Cinematographers Society) began his professional career as a cinematographer in St.Petersburg, Russia. He graduated from the prestigious Vsesojuznyj Gosudarstvennyj Institute Kinematografii (VGIK) where for the first two years he studied the art of photography. Nicholas worked at the Leningrad Film Studio as Director of Photography, filming more than 40 films in different genres before leaving the USSR in 1979. Since 1979, Nicholas lived and worked as a cinematographer in various countries finally settling in Melbourne, Australia as a freelance director/cinematographer.
While in Russia his photographs were published in the Russian magazine Vokrug Sveta (Around the World) ? the Russian equivalent of National Geographic. In 1977 Nicholas was awarded a Gold Medal from the Russian Geographical Society for his photographic coverage of an expedition to the North Pole in 1976.
Nicholas perceives photography as the basis of cinematography and he never stopped taking pictures wherever he had been, on whatever assignment he was given. Constantly travelling around Australia and the World, Nicholas filmed in countries such as China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Israel, Russia and USA. In Australia, working in film and video, Nicholas received numerous awards for his cinematography from the Australian Cinematographers Society.
Photography in Nicholas's view has a great importance in modern society. It is not only a way for visual communication but can reach depths of truth.