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Jonathan Shaw is a British photographer and educator. He uses the camera as an instrument of both scientific record and aesthetic exploration, as did pioneering photographers such as Eadweard Muybridge and Harold Edgerton. In 2011 his work appeared in Maarten Vanvolsem's book The Art of Strip Photography: Making Still Images with a Moving Camera.

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His commissioned work includes pieces for Volkswagen UK, the Manhattan Loft Corporation, and Nigel Coates' book Guide to Ecstacity published by Laurence King Publishing. His work has been shown at Leeds Met Gallery, Goethe Institute in Dresden, Germany, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 'Penny School Gallery' as part of the Muybridge Centenary celebrations in Kingston upon Thames, Lanchester Gallery (Coventry), F-Stop Media (Bath) and at the Howard Gardens Gallery as part of the International Festival of Contemporary Time Based Arts, Cardiff.

In 2003 Time|Motion, published by Dewi Lewis placed Shaw's work alongside that by Eadweard Muybridge and Harold Edgerton. In 2004 he was nominated for the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Award.

Shaw is Associate Head of the Media Department within Coventry University's School of Art and Design where he has worked with Jonathan Worth and Matt Johnston to pioneer free and open undergraduate photography classes #picbod and #phonar. These classes have been accessed by thousands of students all around the globe with podcasts on the Photographic Mediations channel on iTunesU being accessed over 700,000 times.

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Publications

  • Newfotoscapes published as a multi-platform open book (2014)
  • Crash published by New Art Gallery Walsall (2009)
  • re(collect published by Pavilion (2006)
  • Time|Motion published by Dewi Lewis (2003)

    • Exhibitions and collections

  • Leeds Met Gallery commissioned a piece of work by Shaw titled 'If only they had eyes' (2011) as part of 'Junction', a citywide art project.
  • 'On The Move' at Estorick Collection (2010). Reviewed by The Independent Newspaper and the Wall Street Journal
  • 'Crash' at New Art Gallery Walsall UK (2009), Leeds Met Gallery UK, Geothe Institute Germany, Lanchester Gallery UK
  • Installation at Frenchgate Centre at Fire, Ice & Light Festival Doncaster, UK (2009)
  • '(re)collect' at Leeds Met Gallery UK (2006)
  • 'Time|Motion' at Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery UK (2003)

    • Shaw's work can be found in the collections of Arts Council of England, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Birmingham Central Library Photographic Archive, as well as various private collections.

    Honours and accolades

    Shaw is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and is a member of the society's 'Multimedia and Narrative Distinction Panel' alongside Andy Golding (University of Westminster) and Daniel Meadows among others. In 2010 the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) awarded Shaw a fellowship for recognition for his innovation and influential role in developing business and education models in photography.

    References

    Jonathan Shaw (photographer) Wikipedia
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