BORN AND RAISED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, THE ARTIST NICK BRAZINSKY AKA NICKY FILMS GROWN-UP WITH A FASCINATION FOR HIP HOP MUSIC AND POP CULTURE. HIS PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, AS WELL AS FILMMAKING, WAS SPARKED DURING THE GOLDEN ERA OF 90’s SKATING,TAKING PICTURES ALONG WITH VIDEOS OF HIS FRIENDS GRINDING DOWN HANDRAILS OR DOING STUNTS ON THE GRITTY STREETS OF CHICAGO. MOTIVATED BY HIS LOVE FOR THE CITY AND HIS PEERS AROUND HIM HE EVOLVED INTO FILMING, DIRECTING, AND EDITING MUSIC VIDEOS FOR A MAJORITY OF CHICAGO’S GREATEST HIP HOP LEGENDS, AMASSING 100 MILLION+ VIEWS ON YOUTUBE AND SIMILAR VIDEO PLATFORMS. FOLLOWING HIS FILMMAKING DREAMS, HE MOVED TO HOLLYWOOD DEDICATED AND SACRIFICED HIMSELF TO THE CRAFT OF IMAGE-MAKING THEN PROGRESSED TO SHOOT SOME OF THE TOP CELEBRITIES IN THE WORLD. DURING THIS TIME HE ALSO TRANSITIONED TO THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING INDUSTRY, WHERE HE SHOT THEN PRODUCED CONTENT FOR A MULTITUDE OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES. NICKY FILMS’ IMAGERY IS YOUTHFUL, FEARLESS, VIBRANT, AND IN YOUR FACE. WIELDING THE CAMERA IN HIS HAND, WITH A BLUE-COLLAR WORK ETHIC, HE IS BLESSED AND TALENTED ENOUGH TO TRAVEL AROUND THE GLOBE SPONTANEOUSLY WITH AN INDEPENDENT ENERGY DOING WHAT HE LOVES TO DO THE MOST:

SHOOTING, CREATING AT THE SAME TIME AS EXPLORING LIFE.

NICK BRAZINSKY CURRENTLY LIVES AND WORKS IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTING THE EVOLVING MUSIC AND FASHION CULTURES. THE FOLLOWING VISUAL STORYBOOK ENTITLED “CLOUT” IS AN ALL-ACCESS LOOK AT LIFESTYLES OF EXTRAVAGANCE AS CAPTURED THRU THE LENS OF NICKY FILMS AS HE ROSE THRU THE RANKS FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP WHILE SHOOTING EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. THIS LIMITED EDITION BOOK IS HIS COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY, MUSIC VIDEO STILLS AND BEHIND THE SCENES PICTURES FROM THE JOURNEY.