For our new award-winning campaign for Dublin Vinyl with Rothco Agency, we tap into the community of music lovers, who are discovering the joys of music experienced on the oldest format.⠀ ⠀ If you look at the grooves of a vinyl record through a high magnification microscope you will see these valleys of sound, where...
A fantastic start to the year with the OneEyeland Still Life Photography Awards, ranking Jonathan top in the UK and second place worldwide! View our winning images here
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.
Thrilled to have Jonathan’s exploding pineapple featured on the cover of Capture Magazine’s fantastic Annual edition celebrating noted pro-photographers of 2017 alongside an insightful article on the changing face of the advertising industry. Buy your copy here
The beautiful new August/September edition of Aesthetica Magazine is out now featuring a collaboration between Jonathan Knowles, Lauren Catten and Kyle Bean. The still life photography project Complex Simplicity, was inspired by Rube Goldberg’s famous elaborately creative machines. Focussing on fresh art and culture, this issue highlights a range of fantastic artists using space, light and the body in innovative...
5 a day? We’re getting our fill! We all had a blast shooting a new advertisement for Dole’s frozen fruit range in collaboration with Art Director Misha Newby and Creative Director Mark Elwood at 101 London. Embracing his mischievous inner child, Jonathan created juicy explosions in the studio resulting in an energetic and lively campaign. Although we...
Jonathan worked with art director Camille Caie at Grey London to produce an eye-catching and beautiful campaign for the new 007 fragrance. With a talented SFX team on set, the flowers were dipped in liquid nitrogen and then placed carefully in front of the lens. Seconds after being cued, a high explosive charge shattered the petals wonderfully across the studio. ...
Jonathan collaborated with art director Lauren Catten to create this visceral collection of images, focusing on food and the way people interact with it in modern day life.
In an ever changing world some traditions and forms of art have endured the test of time. Jonathan created this beautiful modern day mosaic map that combines both the modernisation of the globe with the ancient methods of creating robust imagery using small tiles – though the map would have obviously looked very different if...
It was a fun day in the studio working on this particular cosmetics story. Throwing luxury make-up into coloured sands and powders providing a delicate, yet energetic reaction full of colour and beauty. Working to a title of Time, Jonathan wanted to incorporate the theme of ‘The Sands of Time’ but brought it to life...
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.
A still life project working with set designer William Farr, looking at the different times of day and how the light interacts with a floating bonsai tree.
Dancing Scarves is the latest collaboration between Jonathan Knowles and Emma Taylor. With a bag of vintage scarves in hand and a 1×1 metre water tank in front of them Jonathan & Emma set about exploring the movements of fabric in water. What emerged was a beautiful ethereal series. Looking at the photographs the scarves start to take on...
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.
With his 8×10 Impossible instant film in one hand and a stunning collection of luxury watches in the other, Jonathan set about creating this beautiful ‘Golden Hour’ photo story. Bringing out the quality and class of each timepiece and illustrating just what it is that set them apart from other watches. You can see...
Towards the end of 2015 Jonathan worked with Leo Burnett on a RNLI heart failure awareness project for male divers over 45. Adult male divers are meticulous in checking their diving gear, but whilst they place great importance on their kit, they often forget to check their most important piece of equipment, their hearts....
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...
In Luxure’s latest issue ‘Addiction’ we were invited to explore themes of obsession. As Editor-In-Chief Reggie Ansah says in the foreword “This can be misunderstood and seen as a negative quality, but sometimes we need to be consumed by a passion in order to focus, achieve and create.” With those words ringing in his ears...
The Solera system is unique in the whisky industry. Jonathan was commissioned earlier in the year by Purple Creative, to visually represent the alchemy that occurs within the Glenfiddich Solera Vat. Jonathan photographed streams of light using long exposure techniques to produce a vibrant, beautiful image, full of depth and complexity. The images were shot within...
Jonathan has photographed a great proportion of his advertising work on film and Polaroid, a passion and skill that hasn’t been abandoned with the arrival of the digital era. This Guerlain Perfume shoot was for Luxure Magazine, shot using 8×10 black and white instant film made by the Impossible Project. The quality and effect created...
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.