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HELLO! I’M JONATHAN BORTON, a street and documentary photographer. If I had to sum up my work, I would say that my goal is to rekindle a lost sense of awe about the world in those who view my work. In today’s visually saturated world, it can feel like we’ve seen it all, like there is nothing left that has not been photographed a million times before. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. There are a thousand empty locations that we choose not to observe as we go about our day, a \PW][IVL LQٺMZMV\ []VZQ[M[ \PI\ _M LWV¼\ _ISM ]X NWZ -^MV among places that have been photographed in the past, there Q[ IT_Ia[ \PM XW\MV\QIT \W ÅVL VM_ UMIVQVO QV \PM IXXIZMV\Ta U]VLIVM WZ ]VQV[XQZQVO MV^QZWVUMV\[ _M ÅVL W]Z[MT^M[ QV 1 [MMS \W ÅVL \PM[M XTIKM[ IVL M`XMZQMVKM[ \PI\ _M PI^M QOVWZML or forgotten and, through my photographs there, to demonstrate that photography can still inspire a wonder about the world around us that we have all but lost.
610-765-7584 jonathanborton.com @borton_photography bortonphotography@gmail.com
My favorite band, Twenty One Pilots, decided to use their grandfathers once for an album cover (Vessel) as a nod to the themes contained in the album. They asked them to come into the studio and just act natural, and the result was one of the band’s most iconic album covers. This inspired me, as a fan of Twenty One Pilots, to shoot a similar project, in which I asked four of Ua OZIVLXIZMV\[ \W UWLMT NWZ UM \WOM\PMZ 1 PIL \W XTIV \PM [PWW\ KIZMN]TTa IVL 1 ÅVITTa LMKQLML to set up the shoot at the assisted living facility where my Nana and Pop-pop (on the left in each photo) lived. I had no idea how everything would turn out, but in the end it went wonderfully and we made some great memories that day. Portraits have never really grabbed my interest, but this shoot became meaningful to me, and I would like to seek out other ways that I could work with families to create memories like this that are important and special.
Jonathan Borton 610-765-7584 jonathanborton.com @borton_photography bortonphotography@gmail.com