This year we have the great pleasure to be the cover star on Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Advertising Photographers with our project ‘Dali’. Also included were our ‘Mad Men’ inspired drinks photography project and an image from the AOP Award winning ‘Xueli’ portrait photography series.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the iconic Apollo 11 Moon Landings with a cosmic cappuccino photographed for McDonald’s Deutschland Karriere and thjnk x Leo Burnett Deutschland Art Direction by Alexander Hellmich.
Teaming up with Costa again, Jonathan has collaborated alongside Creative Director John Iredale, Head of Creative Production Danny Baylis and Project Lead Ben Nash, to create a vibrant new advertising campaign, including moving image as well as stills, for the new line of Cold Brew coffees. Using his photography expertise with liquids and drinks, Jonathan cleverly captures...
Nespresso are celebrating the launch of their Limited Edition Vintage 2014 capsules with a series of beautiful and atmospheric coffee images shot by Jonathan. Using his expertise in drinks and liquids photography, Jonathan captures the coffee’s heritage and preparation process using an authentic warehouse environment and symbols of time.
Jonathan is always working and experimenting, finding new techniques to explore, as well as interesting things to photograph. Here he is working with paint, and the never-ending fractal pattern. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales. They are created by repeating a simple process over and over, in an on going...
For Viakal’s new shower and kitchen cleaner, Jonathan had to create a showerhead with 50% limescale. It was a real challenge to get the contrast between the two sides – the spluttering water of the limescaled left side, contrasting with the smooth flow on the right, but as usual, the best way to create the...
Jonathan’s experience handling and photographing liquids was the perfect match for RImmel’s new Super Gel campaign. Working with art director Sophie Raubenheimer from Southpaw, nail technician Adam Slee and hand model Nina Taylor to create the images.
This is a delicate and light-hearted ad campaign for Pantene’s foaming conditioner. Jonathan worked on the project with Holly de Roy, Ant McGinty from Grey London.
In his Colluctae Bullae series, Jonathan looks at the surface of water, intermingling with beautiful spherical bubbles, and how the angles and quality of light look as they are distressed and agitated. The colours that come through are almost hypnotic with the energy jumping out of the page.
After the success of the Zesty Blood Orange shoot, it was great to be working on Bulmers’ latest campaign. Working with Adam & Eve DDB producer Laura Smith, creative director Steve Wioland and designer Dan Forde, the visual had similar aesthetic to the campaign as the Blood Orange flavor. Needless to say the studio had...
This campaign was one of Jonathan’s recent shoots celebrating Strongbow’s sponsorship of Team GB at Rio 2016. Photographing the Dark Fruit, Cloudy Apple and Original ciders, Jonathan worked with producer Nicola Applegate, creative director Frank Ginger, and creative team Sali Horsey and Zoe Nash at Adam&EveDDB to produce these rich, refreshing and elegant hero images...
Inspired by the tempestuous nature of the world’s oceans, Turbulence is an energised set of images, full of colour and movement. As usual Jonathan brought a wealth of experience to the shoot transforming liquids thrown at surfaces in the studio into striking seascapes. Turbulence is Jonathan’s latest project with Art Director Lauren Catten.
Jonathan is always experimenting with liquids and textures. Given his fascination with science and his incredible attention to detail, it’s no wonder that movement, blending and the layering of mixing paints appeal to him. To see more from this project please visit the Liquids page on our website.
In Guinness terms the ‘Surge’ is that beautiful moment when the dense black drink foams and swirls up towards the top of the pint before it settles. Here Jonathan captures the beauty of the Surge, the moment just before the settle, before things become black and white, and the warmth of the two dancing...
Earlier in 2015, Jonathan shot a campaign for Skip with art director Lee Manton and art buyer Alan Wood at Mullenlowe Open. The Ultimate Range showcases Jonathan’s skill with liquids and bubbles, using all his experience and knowledge to capture in camera all the elements that communicate the power of the product. Agency – Lowe...
Drinks photography is probably one of the areas in which Jonathan is most well known. His extensive archive of shots ranges from the light and refreshing to the dark & stormy. In this recent shoot Jonathan leans towards the latter. With Hibiki, an incredible Japanese whisky, Jonathan wanted to convey the deep smoky notes and...
Jonathan has yet again, been experimenting with the effects of blending colours and textures in water. Here, he has photographed the stages of the paint diffusing in a tank of water, capturing the depth and delicate beauty, before it fades and vanishes as it mixes with the water.
We all had a really good time at this year’s AOP Awards. Especially as Jonathan was selected as a finalist in both Non Commissioned Life (single) and his Vintage Flowers series selected in the Non Commissioned Object category.
Sony Mobile have recently released a new phone with a 23 mega pixel camera, boasting 0.03 second hybrid auto focus and a 5x sharper zoom. Jonathan was asked to put these claims to the test. Using only the Xperia Z5 phone camera and no retouching, Jonathan spent two days in the studio covering a range...
We’re pleased to announce Jonathan’s inclusion in ‘6×6’, Getty Images first represented contemporary fine art exhibition. The exhibition features work from Jonathan’s ‘Time’ project and is currently showing at Getty Images Gallery until 3rd October. Jonathan has also been at the helm of the gallery’s Instagram feed this week.
In this heatwave it’s important to keep hydrated, so it’s great to see Jonathan’s refreshing campaign for Robinsons back up on billboards around the country. Agency – Iris Deputy Creative Director – Andy Taylor