dUNMUR | Photographer

Nick Dunmur is a professional photographer and has been all his working life.

I grew up in Sheffield on a diet of the Leadmill, Heaven 17, The Human League and Cabaret Voltaire. I moved to Nottingham in 1985 and finished a BA (Hons) in Photography at Trent Polytechnic, graduating with a 1st in 1988. I started a photographic business straight after, having taken on a few small commercial jobs in my final year.

A few (...alright..., quite a few) years on and with the experience of working for some well-known and demanding clients under my belt (Paul Smith, Triumph Motorcycles, Yamaha Motorcycles to name but three), I'm lucky enough to be still taking on professional commercial and advertising commissions, including making small pieces of video/moving image for clients, and producing personal work for several environment-driven photographic print-works. A large-scale body of work titled Edgelands, has already formed the basis of two exhibitions in the Midlands.

I make my own work too and sell limited edition fine art photographic prints thorough my shop at Artfinder and also through my own dUNMUR | Printworks website.

Until June 2013, I was a non-executive director of the Association of Photographers (AOP) and between October 2008 and January 2011 held the role of Chair. I was also one of the founding group of members of Pro Imaging, another trade body which protects the rights of professional photographers, and up until 2013, represented them on the board of the British Photographic Council.

I also work as the business and legal adviser for the AOP, helping members with chasing payments, infringers and checking contracts and paperwork to make sure things are ship-shape.