Jonathon Knowles is an advertising photographer, based in London, who is an expert in Still Life photography. He has a large range of photographs which are all very different. On his website there are a range of portfolios that contain many different advertisement photographs, still life and many other subject matters.
My favourite portfolio of his is the 'Beauty' Portfolio. There are a range of images categorised that all denote and connote many different things. This image was an advertising image used by the fashion company Dior. This particular advertisement was used for a new range of Lipsticks by Dior.
This image, to me, invokes pure beauty through the use of Nature, Females and Makeup. The woman has been photographed with the stereotypical colours related to high-fashion which are Red and Nude colours. The model only has the Lipstick on and no other bright makeup which draws attention to the product being sold - The Lipstick.
Many other image of Jonathan Knowles are also used for advertising but is a very different manor. This next image for example uses powerful graphology and typology to advertise for another reason which is not to promote a product. This ad is promoting healthy eating in a morbid manor. His photography of the butter moulded into a coffin is very powerful. The use of light isolates the subject of the image and also, when combined with the object in the image, connotes many things.From both of these different advertisements and their completely different meanings, we gain a better understanding of what Jonathan Knowles does as a Photographer.
Here are some more examples of his photography which again connote a range of emotions and meanings.
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