a
multidisciplinary
photographer
Born
and
based
in
Brooklyn, NY
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Jonathan grew up on the workbenches of Grado Labs, the audio company founded in 1953. Combining his passion for photography and design, he helped guide the Brooklyn headphone company into its seventh decade while honoring its legacy of three generations of sound.
A multidisciplinary photographer, Jonathan creates surreal, cinematic narratives by finding sincerity in the absurd. His work explores melancholic states and how memories shift when handled too often. He is currently developing conceptual mixed-media projects and collaborating with Grado Labs, the Brooklyn audio company spanning seven decades.
Projects
A24 Films
The Pokémon Company
SXSW
Bushmills + Elijah Wood
TechCrunch Disrupt
Le CouCou
Mini-Docs & Shows
American express
Buzzfeed
Great Big Story
Hypebeast
Mashable
NBC
VICELAND
jetBlue
Press & Features
AWWWARDS
CNN
Chicago Tribune
Design Milk
Dwell
Esquire
Fast Company
GQ
Gizmodo
The Dieline
The Verge
VICE
WIRED
Jonathan brought Grado Labs to Mashable's Top Eight Most Social Small Companies, and has collaborated with companies such as Pokémon (childhood dream) and A24 Films (grownup childhood dream). He’s been featured in a commercial for American Express, and on shows for NBC, CNN, and Vice, among others.
Jonathan grew up watching headphones go from napkin sketches to finished pieces of equipment. That early exposure to fidelity informs, and subtly foils, his creative work, shaping stories through tonal misalignment, anticipation, and material distortion by hand.