Jon Green Photographer

'specialising in performing arts, image design and fine art photography'

 

Jon has enjoyed working as a professional photographer since completing his photographic studies in 1989. It was while employed as the university photographer at Edith Cowan University for over eight years, that Jon’s passion and skills for photographing both the performing and visual arts grew.

He has spent over 22 years working as a professional photographer. During the last 11 years, Jon has built up a very successful business as a professional freelance performing arts photographer. Working full time servicing the arts industry for promotional needs, documenting arts activity and performances for archival and promotional purposes for most major companies and venues in Perth. He has created a niche in the specialised field of performing arts photography.

Assignments and commissions include West Australian Ballet Co, Australian Ballet Co, Sydney Opera House, Buzz Dance, Ausdance WA, Deckchair Theatre, Yirra Yaakin Theatre, Perth International Arts Festival, Black Swan Theatre Co, Perth Theatre Company, Country Arts WA, WA Academy of Performing Arts, Musica Viva, Perth Concert Hall, Performing Lines (Sydney), Effie Crump Theatre, Ministry for Culture and the Arts (currently DCA), Healthway, Malthouse Theatre (Melbourne), Belvoir Theatre, Thin Ice, Onward Productions, WA Youth Music Association, LACA, Kulcha / Multicultural Arts of WA as well as independent artists and groups. He is a Sponsor of the WA Academy of Performing Arts and Photographic Partner to WA Youth Music Association.

This involvement has progressed to commissions in photographic design as well as production documentation with Yirra Yaakin Theatre / ‘Inside Outside’, Buzz Dance Theatre in ‘Fracture’. In 2007, he was commissioned as Image Designer to produce both stills and video images for ‘The Turning’, a co-production by Western Edge, Perth Theatre Company and PIAF for the 2008 Perth International Arts Festival.

Since 1997 he has had several solo exhibitions, been involved in community exhibitions and has had requests for his images to be displayed at performing arts venues and art industry events.  Exhibitions include, ‘Steps along a Path’ – ECU Churchaland Library / solo exhibition, ‘The Fat Man had Feet Like Fish’ – Fly by Night Musicians Club / solo exhibition, ‘Green Parrott’ - Mandurah Performing Arts Gallery / co-exhibition with Chrissie Parrott, ‘One Woman, a Camera and the Moon’ an photographic exhibition featuring a performance component choreographed and performed by Angela Booth with Joanne White / King Street Arts Centre, ‘Looking Back’ – KULCHA WA / solo exhibition, ‘Avec Attitude’ / His Majesty’s Theatre – solo exhibition as part of WA Ballet’s ‘La Boheme’ performance season.

In 1999, Jon graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Arts - Arts Management Degree. His direction in the arts is to position himself within the industry as specialising in performing and visual arts photography as well as a producer / manager of project based activities. He is interested in how images are used in marketing the arts and in the positioning of the arts companies.

In 2009, he was nominated for Services to Dance at the WA Dance Awards, an acknowledgement of his support and strong connection to the dance community. Jon has also been interviewed as part of ‘An Oral History of West Australian Dance’, featuring the 25 key figures from the WA dance sector over the last 15 years.

Jon sees photography as more than a creative process to record images; it is one of life style. His passion is to work with both performing artists and visual artists in producing images that are more representative of new and innovative artistic direction in terms of integrity and creative intent rather than just a photographic documentation.

Qualifications: Diploma of Photography / Bachelor of Arts - Arts Management (ECU/WAAPA)