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Jonathan Knowles is an award-winning advertising photographer and filmmaker. He is an industry leader specialising in drinks, liquids, food and still life. With his unique style and exceptional lighting techniques, he creates iconic campaigns for global brands.

 

 

When I was eight years old I was awestruck by Harold Edgerton’s iconic milk splash image on the wall of my school’s science laboratory. I held onto that inspiration through my teenage years, when I bought my first camera. On the first roll of film in that camera, frames 16 and 17 were of splashing milk.

Since then, I have been fascinated by the ‘unseen forms of nature’ hidden within liquids and other natural elements. I have dedicated my life to capturing the beauty of these elusive moments, both in stills photography, and more recently using high speed motion cameras.

 

Jonathan Knowles is an advertising photographer and filmmaker based in London, United Kingdom. Born in Yorkshire and raised in Windsor, Jonathan has been obsessed with photography since getting his first camera at 16 years old. He was hired for his first commissioned work one year later. Since then, he has created stunning imagery that captures the essence of powerful brands and catapults them to new heights. 

An innovator of liquids and drinks photography, Jonathan has influenced an entire category of advertising image-making. He has the expertise to freeze time and capture physical elements in their pure and natural states. He has applied his masterful ability in stills photography to filmmaking. Jonathan has created entire crossmedia campaigns including posters, print ads, TV commercials, websites and social media. Browse his work here.

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Jonathan Knowles
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+1 212 414 1622

 

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Awards

2021

London International Creative Competition – LICC

Finalist - DiorSHOW

Shortlisted - Art of Brewing

Official Selection - Modernist Beer, Art of Brewing, Dali, Mad Men

14th International Color Awards

Honourable Mentions - Flores Fluitantes, Ambient Drinks, Retro Beauty, Modernist Beer, Benriach

Nominee - Asquiths Bathrooms, Edinburgh Gin, Red Beauty, Beauty Drip

2020

Creative Communications Award C2A

Advertising Winner - Benriach, McDonald's Moon Landings, Mad Men, Dole Fruits

Honourable Mention - Big Rocks, DiorSHOW

WPE Awards

Silver Award - Big Rocks

International Photography Awards

Gold - Always Original

Silver - David Morris

Honourable Mentions - Red Beauty, McDonald’s Moon Landings, Mad Men, Art of Brewing, Art Deco Drinks, and Lady Justices of Gray’s Inn.

AOP Awards

Finalist - Modernist Beer

One Eyeland Black and White Awards

Bronze - Big Rocks

Production Paradise Spotlight Awards

Shortlisted - Dali

Creative Pool Annual

Bronze - DiorSHOW

Shortlisted - Gail Porter, Modernist Beer, Big Rocks

Fresh Awards

Gold - Bletchley Park Gin

OneEyeland Photography Awards

Silver Award - Photographer of the Year

One Eyeland Fine Art Awards

Silver Award - Hogarth

Art Directors’ Club of New York

Merit - McDonald's Moon Landings

Graphis Photography Annual

2 platinum awards - Wishing on a Star, The taste of time

5 gold awards - Dior Ultra Rouge, Roja, George Skeggs, Miss Dior, Paint Flowers,

4 honourable mentions - San Miguel, Seedlip, McDonald's Hop House 13

One Eyeland Still Life Awards

Top in UK, 2nd place worldwide

British Photography Awards

Shortlisted in Macro Category - Kubrik

2019

Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers

2019/20 Cover - Dali

International Photography Awards

Advertising Photographer of the Year

Kinsale Shark Awards

Gold - Bletchley Park Gin

Black & White Spider Awards

3rd Place Honourable Mention - Twiggy

WPE Awards

Silver Award - DiorSHOW

Trierenberg Super Circuit

Grand Prix Winner

Food Photo Festival

Exhibitor - Art Deco Drinks, Kubrick and Mad Men

Royal Photographic Society IPE 161

Exhibitor - Seniors

One Eyeland Awards

Bronze - Mad Men

AOP Awards Winner

Portrait Silver Award - Xueli

Finalist - Temptations

Finalist - Derelict

American Photography 35

Winner - Xueli

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year

Shortlisted - Christmas Fun 2019

Graphis – Photography Annual

2 Platinum Medals - Parker Pens and Underwater Symphony

6 Gold Medals in 4 Categories - (Portrait, Fashion and Beauty, Still Life and Advertising)

5 Silver Medals in 2 categories - (Still Life and Beverage)

7 Honourable Mentions

Awarded Graphis Photography Master Title

Art Directors’ Club of New York

Merit - Ocean Risk

FIAP

Gold Medal - Cicada

2018

Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers

Featured - Chopard, Luxure Next Gen, Art Deco Drinks, Dole, Vintage Flowers

The Drum – Design Awards

Photography Winner - Aida

American Photography

Chosen - Champagne Cocktail

Trierenberg Super Circuit

Gold Medal - Cicada

PDN Annual

Winner - Video & Multimedia - The Art of Brewing

London International Creative Competition

Honourable Mention - Aida and Passage of Time

One Eyeland Black & White Photographers Awards

Silver - Aida

Art Directors’ Club of New York

Merit - Aida

Communication Arts

Advertising - Aida

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Awards

unearthed® Food Film Shorts - Full English Brexit

Graphis – Photography Annual

2 Gold Medals in 2 categories (Beverage and Beauty & Fashion)

7 Silver Medals in 2 categories (Still Life, Beauty & Fashion and Advertising)

4 Merits in 3 categories (Advertising, Still Life and Beverage)

One Eyeland Awards

Gold Medal - Complex Simplicity

Silver Medal - Aida

Bronze Medal - Chopard, Dior, Dole, Trajectories and Art Deco Drinks

Finalist in 4 categories

Overall Photographer of the Year

Advertising Photographer of the Year

2017

AOP Awards Winner

Commissioned Design - Aida

Trierenberg Super Circuit

Gold Medal - Retro

Graphis – Photography Annual

7 Gold Medals in 4 categories (Beauty and Fashion, Flowers, Still Life and Journalism)

2 Silver Medals in 2 categories (Still Life and Portraits)

One Eyeland Awards

Bronze Medal - Men's Make up

Finalist in 9 categories

2016

AOP Awards Nominee

Non Commissioned Object – Single Stained Glass

One Eyeland Awards

3 Bronze Medals – Nature, Advertising Beauty, Advertising Still Life.

4 Finalists – Advertising Still Life, Advertising Beauty, Fine Art Portrait, Specialist Lighting.

Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers

Featured - Costa Coffee, Untamed Bags, Chopard, Balloon Burst, Exploding Flowers

PDN Annual

Best Stock Photography – Squish

American Photography Awards

AP32 Chosen Winner – Orange Vintage Flowers

Graphis – Photography Annual

Platinum for Hogarth

Gold for Men’s Make-Up & Infatuation

Silver for McCafé & Replicant

Merit for Vintage Flowers & Growing Up At Eton

2015

Creative Review Photography Annual

Best Stock Photography – Vintage Flowers

AOP Awards Nominee

Non Commissioned Object Series – Vintage Flowers

PDN Annual

Best Self Promotion – Liquids book

One Eyeland Awards

Photographer of the Year

Silver Medal in 4 categories

Graphis Photography Annual

2 Golds – Still Life and Animals

1 Silver – Portraits

3 Merits – Beauty & Fashion, Flowers and Portraits

2 Nominations – Advertising

2014

AOP Awards Nominee

Commissioned Advertising – Schwarzkopf Bubbles

PDN Annual

Best Self Promotion – ‘Christmas Clea’ Card

Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers

Featured - Superhero Lips, Flaviana, Black Sabbath, Gingers, Old Masters

Art Directors Club Awards

Merit – Black Sabbath 13

Graphis – Photography Annual

Silver in 3 categories (Portraits, Beauty, Beverage)

Merit in 2 categories (Still Life, Entertainment)

One Eyeland Awards

Silver Medal in 2 categories (Beauty, Music)

Bronze Medal in 1 category (Still Life)

Finalist in 2 categories (Portrait)

2013

Creative Review Photography Annual

Best Design Photography – Black Sabbath 13

Graphis – 100 Best in Design

Silver for Cicada

Graphis – 100 Best in Photography

2 Golds for Beauty images

Graphis – 100 Best in Advertising

Gold for The Guardian – Broken Britain

PDN Annual

Advertising winner – Omo Campaign

One Eyeland Awards

Silver medal in 3 categories Bronze medal

2012

Graphis – 100 Best in Advertising

The Guardian – Broken Britain

Graphis – 100 Best in Photography

Four Images Selected

AOP Awards Nominee

Commissioned Design Single – Make Model CD

PX3 Awards

Overall Winner – Photographer of the Year

Winner – Advertising Beauty Photography

2011

Graphis – 100 Best in Photography

Three images selected

AOP Awards Nominee

Portrait of David Cameron

Lürzer’s Archive – 200 Best Advertising Photographers

PDN – The Look

Still Life Series

PX3 Awards

Advertising Beauty – Silver Medal

Fine Art Still Life – Bronze Medal

2010

The Photography Masters Cup

1st place – Outstanding achievement in the food section

3rd place -Honour of Distinction in the Abstract section

3rd place – Honour of Distinction for the Photographer of the Year

Graphis Photography Annual

Lürzer’s Archive – 200 Best Advertising Photographers

Bronze ‘Creative Circle’ Award

2009

Campaign Big Award

Winner – Soft Drinks and Household Poster

Campaign Photo Awards – Finalist

2008

Graphis Photography Annual

Lürzer’s Archive – 200 Best Advertising Photographers

2007

New York RX Club and Global Awards

Gold – Best Campaign for Xenical

2006

Lürzer’s Archive – 200 Best Advertising Photographers

jk@jknowles.com
+44 20 8741 7577