This is the first of three Apps that Jonathan is working on in collaboration with the Serious Games Institute for the Open Classes that he oversees in the Department of Media at Coventry University. The #phonar app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch landed in the App store yesterday afternoon and is now available to download for free here. The… Read more →
The Photographic Mediations channel on iTunesU, that Jonathan established with the symposium (of the same title) he co-organised with Professor Gary Hall and Joanna Zylinska has now had over 700, 000 people tuning in. It has been ranked 2nd in the Fine Arts category and this year it has been recommended as ‘noteworthy’ alongside Universities such as Harvard and Stanford. Read more →
On the ground floor of a converted, Victorian-era cinema in Coventry, England, Jonathan Worth delivers a world-class photography lecture anyone can attend at any time, from anywhere, for free. The green-tiled building stands on an otherwise typical city center street. From here, alongside teaching assistant Matt Johnston and boss Jonathan Shaw, they coral 28 attending students in addition to the… Read more →
We are delighted to announce that Jonathan has selected as one of a number of artists for the Situation Leeds project JUNCTION. What is JUNCTION? JUNCTION is a series of temporary commissions for Leeds City centre utilising the ubiquitous `junction box` as its canvas. Everyday we walk by these neglected metal boxes without a second thought, but now JUNCTION offers… Read more →
Aspects of Edgerton, Sunday 22 August, 2pm – FREE Unit 39-40, The Pallasades Shopping Centre An Ikon Gallery event with Jonathan Shaw, photographer and Associate Head of Media & Communication, Coventry University and artist Trevor Appleson. The speakers discuss the influence of Edweard Muybridge and Harold Edgerton’s photography on their recent work. Full details of the exhibition can be found… Read more →
Jonathan has been awarded a Fellowship (FRPS) from the Royal Photographic Society. Chairman of the Fellowship Board Dr Michael Hallett said “Fellowship’s are awarded for excellence and distinguished ability, combined with evidence of originality and freshness in approach.” This is a very exciting opportunity to work with this prestigious society in developing and promoting new opportunities for photographers to… Read more →
Jonathan has been invited by Pete James, Head of Photographs at Birmingham Central Library and Ikon Gallery to talk about his work and its relationship to the pioneering work of Harold Edgerton. This new show pays reference to their first exhibition of his held in 1976. This was in fact the first European solo exhibition by the pioneering American scientist… Read more →
Animated sequence of a buffalo (American bison) galloping. Photos taken by Eadweard Muybridge, first published in 1887 at Philadelphia (Animal Locomotion). Animation by Waugsberg, 2006-7-16. Bullet through banana, 1964, photograph by Dr. Harold Edgerton Talk by Jonathan Shaw Photographing Time Saturday 3rd April, 2pm, Estorick Collection, London Jonathan has been invited to talk as part of On the Move… Read more →
Jonathan has been invited to give a talk about his practice at Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel. The talk will feature as part of a seminar series on Time and Photography being organised by Dr. Maarten Vanvolsem at the University. Sint-Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design was founded in 1880. It evolved from the Neo-Gothic arts and crafts schools built… Read more →
Lanchester Gallery Projects announces an international exhibition of visual art in collaboration with Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Including artists from Thailand, Ireland, Singapore, Taiwan and Britain – though many have transnational affiliations – Unspeaking Engagements was shown at the Art Center of Chulalongkorn University during 2009. The artists in Unspeaking Engagements explore processes of physical and/or durational engagement as a… Read more →