Nigel Dickson to present at MagNet in place of Chris Buck

Nigel Dickson, a superlative Toronto-based photographer with an international portfolio, has replaced Chris Buck as international speaker at MagNet. (Buck, a Canadian who has built a career and a reputation in New York, cancelled because of a work conflict.) Dickson has done (and will show) groundbreaking editorial work (Rolling Stone, Esquire, Toronto Life, Regardies, Fortune, Fast Company and Details), commercial and advertising work and taken a lot of pictures simply to suit himself.

He has worked all over the world from his Toronto base:Tonga, Berlin, Budapest, London, Indonesia, East Africa, Paris, West Africa, New York, the Caribbean, Washington, Moscow

"Twenty five years", he says, "and I still have a passion for photography. I just love to take pictures".

[Above, a promotional shot for Women's College Hospital and a portrait of designer Bruce Mau. At left, Dickson. Below, two Saturday Night covers.]

Among other honours, Dickson has won 16 (!) National Magazine Awards and 25 awards from the Art & Design Club of Canada.

People who had signed up for the MagNet session with Buck will likely be sticking with it, to hear Dickson talk about working with the great, the infamous, the near-great and the obscure. (FYI, I'll be moderating the session.)