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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 food & drink photography & motion
London: Jonathan Knowles
Jonathan Knowles is a celebrated advertising photographer and filmmaker renowned for crafting exceptional visuals for some of the world's most prestigious brands. His expertise spans beverages, liquids, food, still life, beauty, and special effects.
What sets Jonathan apart is his organic, authentic, and natural approach to his craft. He believes that the true magic of compelling imagery lies in the capture of exquisite moments directly through a camera lens, both in stills and motion.
Currently, Jonathan's studio is along the banks of the River Thames in London. Here, he uses cutting-edge equipment such as his Phantom Flex 4K camera and a precision motion control robot to create captivating films and still images that resonate with audiences worldwide. It was here that he created the iconic O2 bubbles.
Jonathan's client list includes Coca-Cola, Johnnie Walker, Heineken, Guinness, Glenfiddich, Cadbury, McDonald's, Heinz, Meta, Dior, Rimmel and ITV, among numerous others.
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spotlight magazine Jul 2023 food & drink photography & motion
London: Jonathan Knowles
Jonathan Knowles is an award-winning advertising photographer and filmmaker creating extraordinary imagery for the world’s most established brands. He specialises in drinks, liquids, food, still life, beauty and special effects.
Jonathan’s approach is organic, authentic and natural. He believes that the magic of successful imagery comes from capturing exquisite moments in camera.
Today, Jonathan neighbours the River Thames in his London studio, fully equipped with a Phantom Flex 4K camera and motion control robot, capturing still images and films that will reach people across the globe. It was here that he created the iconic O2 bubbles, and brands such as Coca-Cola, Johnnie Walker, Heineken, Guinness, Robinsons, Glenfiddich, Cadbury, McDonald’s, Heinz, Meta, Dior, Rimmel, ITV and many more have sought out Jonathan’s distinguished and timeless style.
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spotlight magazine Jul 2022 food & drink photography & motion
London: Jonathan Knowles
Jonathan Knowles is an award-winning advertising photographer and filmmaker. He is an industry leader specialising in drinks, liquids and food. Notable commissions include campaigns for globally recognized brands, such as Guinness, Heineken and Coca-Cola, as well as being the creator of the iconic O2 bubbles. For the last two decades, he has consistently featured in the ‘200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide’ books.
2022 has been a busy year as Jonathan’s worked on a variety of exciting projects. A few noteworthy campaigns include creating the central image for Guinness’ sponsorship of the Six Nations Championships, shooting the launch of The Famous One and turning up the taste dial in an immersive TV, print and social campaign for the brand-new Thatchers Blood Orange cider.
Visit Jonathan’s website and follow his socials to keep up to date and see these projects and more.
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showcase magazine Jun 2022 united kingdom issue 886
Jonathan Knowles advertising photographers
Jonathan Knowles is an award-winning advertising photographer and filmmaker. He is an industry leader specialising in drinks, liquids, food and still life. Notable commissions include campaigns for globally recognised brands, such as Guinness, Heineken and Coca-Cola, as well as being the creator of the iconic O2 bubbles.
It’s been a busy year for Jonathan so far. "Kicking off with creating new visuals for Robinsons Fruit & Barley – we shot a radiant, glowing bottle centred around vibrant droplets, barley ears and orange slices. Next, we turned up the taste dial with the brand-new Thatchers Blood Orange Cider, taking viewers along on an energetic and tantalising journey. The launch of The Famous One featured three hero serves with a glossy bottle in a sumptuously rich, textured setting inspired by American oak casks and the label colours."
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spotlight magazine Jun 2022 still life photography & motion
London: Jonathan Knowles
Jonathan Knowles is an award-winning advertising photographer and filmmaker. He is an industry leader specialising in drinks, liquids, food and still life. Notable commissions include campaigns for globally recognised brands, such as Guinness, Heineken and Coca-Cola, as well as being the creator of the iconic O2 bubbles.
Jonathan recently created a central image for Guinness’ sponsorship of the Six Nations championship. Three hands are shown 'cheersing' their perfect pints of Guinness. Following this he captured key visuals for the launch of the latest addition to the Guinness range - Guinness Cold Brew Coffee Beer. The refreshing liquid is seen pouring into a glass; encapsulating that iconic surge in a sleek and dynamic setting.
This year Jonathan has been working on other projects for The Famous Grouse, Thatchers, Robinsons, Weetabix and a shoot that involved photographing 60 different beers over three weeks. Visit Jonathan’s website and follow his socials to keep up to date.
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spotlight magazine Jan 2022 food & drink photography & motion
London: Jonathan Knowles
Jonathan Knowles is an award-winning advertising and filmmaker. He is an industry leader specialising in drinks, liquids, food and still life. Notable commissions include campaigns for globally recognized brands, such as Coca-Cola, Guinness, Heineken and Smirnoff, as well as being the creator of the iconic O2 bubbles.
Noteworthy campaigns from the end of 2021 include immersive seaside visuals for Camus cognac, a refreshing film for Hakutsuru sake that’s reminiscent of the Nada mountains fresh water springs, and delectable food pairings with a collaboration between Beam Suntory’s Roku gin and the Food Network.
The new year has started off busy for Jonathan with a jam-packed couple of months ahead working on new and exciting projects. Make sure to follow his socials and to take a look at his recently revamped website to keep up to date.
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showcase magazine Sep 2021 united kingdom issue 855
Jonathan Knowles advertising photographers
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. Notable commissions include campaigns for many globally recognised brands, such as Coca-Cola, Guinness, Heineken and Smirnoff, as well as be being the creator of the iconic O2 bubbles.
A recent shoot with Japan’s legendary Beam Suntory saw a collaboration between Roku Gin and the Food Network. Jonathan used his newest addition to the studio - a robotic arm carrying our Phantom camera.
Other notable projects from the past few months include vibrant and thirst-quenching visuals for Robinsons, a gravity-defying project for Sipsmith, playful films and stills for Chambord, exhilarating TV commercials for Thatchers, and a deliciously dynamic campaign for Benriach Whisky.
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spotlight magazine Jul 2021 food & drink photography & motion
London: Jonathan Knowles
Jonathan Knowles is an advertising photographer and filmmaker creating extraordinary imagery for the world’s most established brands. He specialises in drinks, still life, liquids, food and special effects. An innovator in shooting liquids and drinks, Jonathan has influenced an entire category of advertising photography. For the last two decades, he has consistently featured in the ‘200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide’ books.
Recent highlights of Jonathan’s work have included a fully immersive cross-media campaign for the single malt Scotch whisky Benriach, as well as the release of a fully integrated global campaign for luxury drinks brand Chambord, “Make The Moment Magnifique”.
Jonathan has also had an exciting collaboration with Thatchers cider, shooting a television commercial and print material. The commercial was adapted for sponsorship indents which ran on BT Sport throughout the later stages of the Premiership season, including the finals.
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showcase magazine Nov 2016 london issue 622
Jonathan Knowles liquid & splashes photographers
It has been a hive of activity in Jonathan Knowles's Studio.
The year started off with a fantastic John Smith’s shoot with adam&eveDDB. A Pure Coffee Pleasures McCafé shoot for TBWA\Zürich won a Gold in Graphis, and Jonathan worked with Purple Creative to make a fantastic image for Glenfiddich Solera Reserve creating ‘alchemy in a barrel’, with an animation for Instagram that is the newest addition to this year's showreel.
The studio started 2016 by mailing out the latest of Jonathan's booklet portfolios; this edition showcases the best of Jonathan's drinks photography. Please get in touch by email if you'd like a copy.
To keep up to date with all the latest shoot news you can also follow Jonathan on Instagram.
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showcase magazine Sep 2016 london issue 608
Jonathan Knowles liquid & splashes photographers
Jonathan Knowles creates photography's most realistic, believable, and unbelievable liquid effects.
Jonathan is one of the leading photographers of his generation. Specialising in graphic still life, liquid and beauty, his unique photographic style has earned him award-winning advertising commissions worldwide.
Notable projects include campaigns for many globally recognised brands such as Coca-Cola, Guinness and Smirnoff. He is also the creator of the famous O2 bubbles.
Follow Jonathan on Instagram to keep up to date with all the latest shoot news.
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spotlight magazine Apr 2016 liquid & cosmetics photography
London: Jonathan Knowles
Specialising in graphic still life, liquid and beauty, Jonathan Knowles' unique photographic style has earned him award-winning advertising commissions worldwide.
2016 has brought with it some fantastic advertising and editorial beauty projects with Givenchy, Guerlain and Luxure Magazine, as well as liquid ad campaigns for Skip with MullenLowe London, McCafé with TBWA/Zürich, and Rimmel Gel with Southpaw.
The latest of Jonathan's booklet portfolios, showcasing the best of his beauty photography, will be released in late Summer 2016. Get in touch with Mel if you'd like a copy.
To keep up to date with all the latest shoot news, follow Jonathan on Instagram.
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spotlight magazine Apr 2016 food & drink photography + motion
London: Jonathan Knowles
"2015 was a hive of activity in Jonathan Knowles's Studio. We started with a fantastic Bulmers Zesty Blood Orange shoot for adam&eveDDB that was in every paper, on every wall, and even turned into a 3D billboard in Shoreditch. A 'Pure Coffee Pleasures' McCafé shoot for TBWA\Zürich won Gold in Graphis, and we worked with Purple Creative to make a fantastic image for Glenfiddich Solera Reserve, creating ‘alchemy in a barrel’ with an animation for Instagram that is our newest addition to the showreel.
We started 2016 by mailing out the latest of Jonathan's booklet portfolios; this edition showcases the best of Jonathan's drinks photography.
Please get in touch if you'd like a copy.
To keep up to date with all the latest shoot news you can also follow Jonathan on Instagram."