Jonathan Mannion

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Jonathan Mannion (December 3, 1970) is a photographer and film director.^[1] With English and American ancestry, he was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His father and mother are both well known Midwest artists. His mother is from London and his father from Brooklyn.^[2]

College

Mannion studied at Kenyon College in Ohio graduating with honors. In 1996, that he moved from Cleveland to New York City.

New York and Richard Avedon

Mannion worked for a year with photographer Richard Avedon ^[3] in his Manhattan studio. Avedon had always been a major influence to Mannion as a young art student. Mannion went on to work with photographers Ben Watts and Marc Hom.^{[citation needed]}

Jay-Z, Hip Hop and Beyond

In 1996, Mannion was commissioned, in his first major record company contract, to take photos of Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z for Reasonable Doubt.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Mannion has gone on from that first assignment to photograph ten years of hip hop performers: Aaliyah, Eminem, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne and others.^[8]

Album photography by Mannion

Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996); In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997); Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (1998); Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter (1999)
Playa - Cheers 2 U (1998)
Kelis - Kaleidoscope (1999)
Chamillionaire - Ultimate Victory (2007)
Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
DMX - Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1998)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Akon - Konvicted (2006)
Fabolous - From Nothin' To Somethin' (2007)
Lil Mama - VYP: Voice of the Young People (2008)
Trina - Still da Baddest (2008)
Lil Wayne - Rebirth (2010)
Amerie - All I Have (2002)
Ludacris - Back for the First Time (2000); The Red Light District (2004)
The Game - The Documentary (2005); Doctor's Advocate (2006), L.A.X. (2008); The R.E.D. Album (2011); Jesus Piece (2012)
Freeway - Philadelphia Freeway (2003)
Erick Sermon - Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis (2000), Chilltown, New York (2004)
Tank - Force of Nature (2001)
DJ Quik - Balance & Options (2000)
Profyle - Nothin' But Drama (2000)
Warren G - The Return of the Regulator (2001)

Notes

↑ Video Static: Music Video News: Sugar Management
↑ According to Mannion, quoted in Meka Udoh, "Jonathan Mannion: Desire", Hiphop Dx.
↑ "Jonathan Mannion Opening", Hollywood Obsessions, September 8, 2007.
↑ Jonathan Mannion: Photographs: Exhibitions on washingtonpost.com's City Guide
↑ Jonathan Mannion's Jay-Z portrait at Planet Hollywood's Sapporo event | MTV News You R Here
↑ <http://www.hwobs.com/events/09_28_07_event.php
↑ Jonathan Mannion Photographs - Best Bet - AT Art - AOL Video
↑ Photographer Jonathan Mannion Dishes On Lil Wayne, DMX, More - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News

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