Jonathan Mannion
{{Short description|Photographer and film director}}
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| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
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| alma_mater = Kenyon College
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Jonathan Mannion is a photographer and film director. He has shot album covers for hip hop and R&B performers including Dr. Dre,{{cite web|last1=Somuah|first1=Andrew|title=Beats By Dre Link Up With Photographer Jonathan Mannion For Straight Outta Compton Campaign|url=http://thesource.com/2015/08/10/beats-by-dre-link-up-with-photographer-jonathan-mannion-for-straight-outta-compton-campaign/|website=The Source|publisher=The Northstar Group|accessdate=15 December 2017|date=10 August 2015}} Jay Z, Aaliyah, Outkast, Nas, Nicki Minaj, Brandy Norwood and Kendrick Lamar.
Early life and education
With English and American ancestry, he was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents are both artists. His mother is from London and his father from Brooklyn.According to Mannion, quoted in Meka Udoh, "[http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/lifestyle-features/id.1085 Jonathan Mannion: Desire]", HipHopDX. Mannion studied at Kenyon College in Ohio graduating with honors. In 1996 he moved from Cleveland to New York City.
Career
Mannion worked for a year with photographer Richard Avedon{{Cite web |url=http://www.hwobs.com/events/09_28_07_event.php |access-date=2008-04-23 |archive-date=2010-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106074058/http://www.hwobs.com/events/09_28_07_event.php |url-status=dead|website=Hollywood Obsessions|title=Jonathan Mannion Opening}} in his Manhattan studio. Mannion also worked with photographers Ben Watts, Steven Klein, and Marc Hom.
In 1996, he photographed Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z for Reasonable Doubt.{{Cite web|url=http://yourhere.mtv.com/clip.aspx?key=89092D3AD99391D5&ctx=feat|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070914153321/http://yourhere.mtv.com/clip.aspx?key=89092D3AD99391D5&ctx=feat|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2007|title=Jonathan Mannion's Jay-Z portrait at Planet Hollywood's Sapporo event | MTV News You R Here|website=MTV}}
In Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co. Mannion successfully sued the brewer and its ad agency for replicating one of his photographs in one of their advertisements.{{cite court|litigants=Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co.|vol=377|reporter=F.Supp.2d|opinion=444|pinpoint=447–48|court=S.D.N.Y.|year=2005|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16977894138805983217#p447}}{{cite book|last1=Wolff|first1=Nancy|title=The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook|date=2010|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing|isbn=978-1581158076|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nz0tAgAAQBAJ|accessdate=15 December 2017}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.jonathanmannion.com}}
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Category:American music video directors
Category:American photographers
Category:Kenyon College alumni