Biography

For the last few years I have been passionately involved with my camera, producing digital art pieces and photographs and have had successful exhibitions in the South of France before moving back to Brighton in the UK last year. I’m a member of the Brighton and Hove Camera Club and have also been accepted into Hove Arts. I exhibited at the Grange Gallery in April this year, and at the Artists Open House in May. In August I will be part of the Old Market exhibition

Prior to this I was freelancing, writing and editing and worked for 8 years on Channel 4 websites and for other clients like Sky. I also have an M.Sc in Clinical Psychology and have published research papers:

A short story I wrote was published in Prima magazine in the Xmas 2009 edition:

The Missing Recipe – published Prima Mag. 2009

I am currently available for freelance writing/editing/research – collaborating with charities and not-for-profit agencies and am also available for commissions and photographic projects. I offer a range of photographic services including work in photoshop and framing. All of my work on this website is available to buy – please go to Sales Info for prices.

My CV can be downloaded as a Word Doc.

CURRICULUM VITAE – NICOLE CARMAN

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Photographer

2007-2010

For the last 3 years I have had an exciting relationship with my Nikon. In the South of France I began by photographing local scenery and learning photo manipulation which led to mounting my prints onto canvas. I had several successful Exhibitions before moving to Brighton in 2009. In Brighton I’ve had my work in several venues, including the Grange Gallery, the May Artists Open House and the Old Market in August 2010. I have also been commissioned by an Interior Designer in France, to put together 7 of my images and the recent Open House had led to several more commissions. I am currently attending a darkroom photography course at the City College.

Freelance writer/editor and proofreader, French translator, Photographer

2000-2009

Clients include: Channel 4 Television, Sky TV, Red Cinnamon,and F.A.B. Traductions

Work included:

Writing a regular What’s On Guide to Science for Channel 4 Science online
Writing resources for Channel 4 educational websites (see below)
Compiling content for BSkyB Booklets “Reach for the Sky”
Translating from French to English for the Best of Monaco publications.

Resources Writer/Manager

2000- 2008
Channel 4 Television, 124 Horseferry Road, London

Worked full-time on a wide range of educational websites. This involved watching programmes, researching areas of History, Science, Health and Culture and then writing up a Find Out More section covering films, books, websites, organisations etc. Worked as Chief Editor on a website I created called “The Book Lounge” and as Asst. Editor on ‘The Black and Asian History Map’. In addition my role incorporated:

Managing a team of freelancers
Liaising with producers and project managers
Contributing to team brainstorming sessions and meetings
Setting up online book deals and working with publishers and authors
Adding to web content by taking photos and carrying out interviews
Improving web presence with reciprocal links and meta-tagging

Trainee Clinical Psychologist
1992-1994
Worked in and around South London; in the Children’s Dept at Guy’s Hospital and at the Bethlem Hospital in Bromley.

Research Assistant
1991-1992
St Thomas Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, Westminster, London
Research position in the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Dept. of the hospital analysing the distress associated with an abnormal cervical smear result; interviews, data collections, stats analysis, and work in the Pain Unit.

Bi-Lingual French PA

1981-1984
Jameel Shipping, Le Millefiori, Monaco
PA to Director

QUALIFICATIONS

1992-1995
M.Sc Clin. Psych
Institute of Psychiatry and Kings College, De Crespigny Park, London

1986-1989
B.Sc (Hons) Psychology (2:1)
University College London
Gower Street, London

1985-1986
A-Level French (AA), A-Level English (A), A-Level Economics (B)
City & East London College, London

Office Skills

Internet Research, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver and web skills
Excellent written English and editorial/proofreading skills
Great telephone manner and organisational skills

LIFE EXPERIENCES/INTERESTS

Art Photography

Worked with Gilbert & George in East London for several weeks as their exhibition assistant, then in 2007 I had my first Art Exhibition in Villefranche-sur-mer at the Chapelle St Elizabeth with several more exhibitions in the South of France.

This year since being back in Brighton I have exhibited at the Grange Gallery in Rottingdean, the Artists Open House in Hove and will be at the Old Market exhibition in August.

Travelling

1989 – Backpacked around the world for a year.

1990 – I was interviewed by Andrew North for the BBC for a Radio 4 programme called Itchy Feet – all about travelling.

1991 – Taught English and worked alongside the VSO in Brikama, a village near Banjul in The Gambia.

1995 – Assisted at a Tibetan Refugee camp in Lake Pokhara, Nepal –helping to put on plays with the children and worked with local women’s initiatives promoting eco-tourism.

1998 – Spent 6 months in Brazil learning Portuguese (and samba!).

Charity

1984-85 – Worked for a year at The Howard League in London as the Director’s Assistant where I became involved with all aspects of prison reform; met and interviewed Donald Woods (film “Cry Freedom”) – met and interviewed MP‘s and journalists; carried out fundraising events, organised conferences and visited prisons.

Other Interests

Art and photography, travel, fine dining (!) mandarin chinese, Fair Trade initiatives, film, fashion, live music (I wrote regular gig guides in Nice, France) and human psychology.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

ENGLISH – Mother Tongue

FRENCH – Completely fluent (spoken and written)

PORTUGUESE – Basic level

PUBLISHED ACADEMIC PAPERS

Gray N, Carman N, Rogers P, MacCulloch M, Hayward P, Snowden R.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder caused in mentally disordered offenders by the committing of a serious sexual or violent offence
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, April 2003, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 27-43(17)

I Doherty, C Wolfe, N Carman, F Chamberlain, P Richardson
Evaluation of cognitive-behavioural counselling for the distress associated with an abnormal cervical smear result
Br J Health Psychol, 1996

Alan Johnston, Harold Hill, Nicole Carman
Recognising faces: effects of lighting direction, inversion,and brightness reversal
Perception. 1992. vol 21, pp. 365-375

SOME WEBSITES I HAVE WORKED ON:

The Anatomists (Science)
www.channel4.com/science/microsites/A/anatomists/index.html
Features a short interview I carried out with Professor Von Hagens at the opening night of his controversial “Body Worlds’ exhibition in London. (I also interviewed the lovely Michael York but they didn’t use that!). See also the ‘Find Out More’ section

The Hay Festival (Culture)
www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/H/hay2005/fom/index.html
Worked on this website over several years and set up competitions where entrants could win copies of books that featured at the festival.

Dispatches (News and Current Affairs)

I wrote GET ACTIVE for the following:

Undercover in the Secret State – North Korea;
www.channel4.com/news/microsites/U/undercover_in_the_secret_state/getactive.html

Living with AIDS
www.channel4.com/news/microsites/L/living_with_aids/getactive.html

Tsunami; The Cult of the Suicide Bomber, Iraqi Women

Lost Generation (History)
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/L/lostgeneration/findout/index.html

What’s on Guide to Science (Science)
www.channel4.com/science/microsites/W/whats_on_in_science/

Time Traveller’s Guides (History)
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide18/credits.html

Jamie’s School Dinners (Health)
www.channel4.com/life/microsites/J/jamies_school_dinners/fom/index.html

References available on request