Jon Nicholson documents the troubled region of Darfur with a set of amusing and insightful images

Olympus is sponsoring a short exhibition of work produced by photographer Jon Nicholson at the Air Gallery, Dover Street, depicting the people of the war-torn region of Darfur, in North Africa.

Nicholson is a long time user of Olympus gear and is, perhaps, best known in recent years for his work photographing the Ferrari Grand Prix team at the time of Olympus' sponsorship of the team a couple of years ago. Prior to that Nicholson has worked with the 1996 Grand Prix world champion, Damon Hill. But last night the focus was on Nicholson's imagery of Darfur and the plight of the people there, most of whom are refugees who have walked hundreds of miles across hot and barren lands in search of safety from rebel militias.

Nicholson cleverly focused on human attributes to highlight the realities of the region, with a montage of the soles of people's feet to underline the many miles of walking and running that the refugees had to endure, for example. All the shots were taken using Olympus E-410 and E-510 consumer-grade DSLRs rather than expensive pro equipment.

Below are some selected views of the preview evening at the Air Gallery. If you are in London between now and Saturday, the exhibition (Dover Street is just a short wall west of Regent Street) is well worth a detour.

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