Jonathan Worth
Jonathan Worth is a British portrait photographer and educator. He has worked for The New York Times, New Scientist magazine, Universal Music and Vogue amongst others. His shot-list includes musicians, sports stars and Hollywood actors like Jude Law, Colin Firth and Casey Affleck.
Jonathan Worth

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- United Kingdom
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- photographer
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- English
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Jonathan Worth is a British portrait photographer and educator. He has worked for The New York Times, New Scientist magazine, Universal Music and Vogue amongst others. His shot-list includes musicians, sports stars and Hollywood actors like Jude Law, Colin Firth and Casey Affleck.
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Life and work
Life and work
In 2009 Worth pioneered two free and open undergraduate photography classes at Coventry University for which he was made a Higher Education Authority National Teaching Fellow. He is a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).
• Illustration — Cory Doctorow, photographed by Worth After leaving college, Worth assisted portrait photographer Steve Pyke for a number of years both in the UK and New York. In 2000 he was selected as one of Photo District Newss "30 under 30". • Illustration — Steve Pyke, photographed by Worth In 2009 Worth pioneered two open and free undergraduate photography classes called #picbod (Picturing the Body) and #phonar (Photography and Narrative). These classes have drawn large audiences and notable people including Elinor Carucci, Pete Brook and David Campbell. In 2010 the world's first free 'class application' was launched on iPhone for the #picbod class. These open classes have brought Worth significant attention from photography academics and external organizations, in 2013 he was made a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow for developing "a radically new approach to teaching, which magnifies the classroom experience through the affordances of social media and networked environments". In 2010 Worth was made a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) for "innovation and influential role in developing new business models for photographers using the social web".
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 1998: Family, iD - European traveling group exhibition. • 1998: Boys aged 11 to 16, Paul Smith, London. • 1999: Beyond Price, iD - European traveling group exhibition. • 2000: John Kobal Portrait award, National Portrait Gallery, London. • 2000: Thirty Under Thirty, Photo District News – USA traveling group exhibition. • 2002: Footballers, Paul Smith, Tokyo, Japan. • 2002: Footballers, Royal Exchange, London. • 2005: Dancers Part 1, Saltburn, Lancashire. • 2005: Editorial work 1998–2004, Picture House Gallery, Leicester. • 2006: Kybosh, Picture House Gallery, Leicester. • 2007: Darbar – South Asia Musicians, Leicester. • 2008: Portraits, Thompson's Gallery London.
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Worth's work is held in the following permanent public collection: • National Portrait Gallery, London.

Cory Doctorow in his office
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Pyke in Cal
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