About me

I have over ten years of high end still life photography experience shooting editorial stories and advertising campaign's for the likes of Vogue, Wallpaper*, Nike and Puma. For the last three years, one week a month, I have been shooting archival a images for one of the worlds largest technology companies in their own on site studio.

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Projects

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  Windows
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  EntwinedPortfolio work with Caroline Byrne.
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  Financial Times - Masters of Science.A recent commission for the Financial Times Magazine. Four images to accompany their yearly Masters of Science articles. Caroline and I were asked to conceive, build and shoot the images and giff to help illustrate the articles in print and online. Set build and design by Caroline Byrne.
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  As You Were.A personal project created with Caroline Byrne, working with colour, texture and balance.
• ElemisNew work for Elemis promoting their new packaging and range of skin care products. We were asked to use the natural ingredients specifically found in each range to help illustrate the products holistic properties in these nutrient-dense products.
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  Fish In a bottlePersonal project about the destruction of our planets oceans by single use plastic, created with the help of food stylist Peta O'Brien.

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Projects credited in

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  Puma — Lifestyle LookbookAsked to create a high-end, limited edition lookbook to celebrate Puma’s impressive sporting history, we juxtaposed vintage athlete photography with products shot in a contemporary context. Gold foil was used on the cover of the A2 books to represent Puma’s Olympic success.
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  From Rejection to RenewalClient: The Financial Times Set Design: Caroline Byrne Photography: Jonathan Minster
• Is Earth The Only Living Planet?Client: The Financial Times Set Design: Caroline Byrne Photography: Jonathan Minster

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Work history

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PhotographerJonathan Minster Photography Limited
Mar 2001London, United KingdomFreelance
Dedicated and creative still life photographer. Shooting editorial and advertising images from my own studio and e-commerce on a freelance basis.

Skills

• Commercial Photography
• Editorial Photography
• Lighting
• Picture Editing
• Studio Lighting
• Photoshop
• Photography

Education

HND PhotographyArts University Plymouth
Sep 1991Plymouth, United Kingdom
Two year course studying photography, followed by a selective 3rd year and a PQUE certificate run by the British Institute of Professional Photographers.

Awards

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Fuji Award for InnovationFuji
Award winner in the Fuji Award for Innovation category in the Pink Lady Food Awards.