Jonathan Mannion
Jonathan Mannion | |
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Born | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | December 3, 1970
Alma mater | Kenyon College |
Occupation | Photographer & Film Director |
Website | jonathanmannion |
Jonathan Mannion (born December 3, 1970) is a photographer and film director.[1] Mannion has shot over 300 album covers working with hip hop and R&B performers including Jay Z, Dr. Dre, Aaliyah, Outkast, Nas, Nicki Minaj, Brandy Norwood and Kendrick Lamar. He was the photographer behind the Beats by Dre "Straight Outta" campaign.[2]
Early life and education[]
With English and American ancestry, he was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His father and mother are both Midwest artists.[vague] His mother is from London and his father from Brooklyn.[3] Mannion studied at Kenyon College in Ohio graduating with honors. In 1996 he moved from Cleveland to New York City.
Career[]
New York and Richard Avedon[]
Mannion worked for a year with photographer Richard Avedon[4] in his Manhattan studio. Mannion also worked with photographers Ben Watts, Steven Klein, and Marc Hom.
Jay-Z and hip hop[]
In 1996, Mannion was commissioned to take photos of Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z for Reasonable Doubt.[5][6][7][8]
Lawsuit[]
In Mannion versus Coors Brewing Company Mannion successfully sued Coors for their unlicensed use of his photograph in one of their advertisements.[9][10]
Album credits[]
Year | Artist | Album |
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1996 | Jay Z | Reasonable Doubt |
1997 | Jay Z | In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 |
1997 | Joe | All That I Am |
1998 | DMX | It's Dark and Hell is Hot |
1998 | DMX | Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood |
1998 | Def Squad | El Niño |
1998 | Jay Z ft. Blackstreet | The City is Mine |
1998 | Public Enemy | He Got Game |
1998 | Jay Z | Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life |
1998 | Funkmaster Flex | The Mix Tape, Vol. III |
1998 | Les X a.k.a les X-Men | Jeunes, Coupables Et Libres |
1998 | Jay Z & Various Artists | Streets is Watching |
1998 | Suprême NTM | Ma benz |
1998 | Playa | Cheers 2 U |
1999 | Eve | Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders' First Lady |
1999 | Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap | The Tunnel |
1999 | Stomy Bugsy | On S'en Sortira |
1999 | Slick Rick | The Art of Storytelling |
1999 | Memphis Bleek | Coming of Age |
1999 | Ja Rule | Venni Vetti Vecci |
1999 | Ol' Dirty Bastard | N***a Please |
1999 | Rahzel | All I Know |
1999 | Rahzel | Make the Music 2000 |
1999 | Suprême NTM | That's My People |
1999 | Ruff Ryders | Ryde or Die Vol. 1 |
1999 | Kelis | Kaleidoscope |
1999 | Jay Z | Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter |
1999 | Terror Squad | The Album |
1999 | Black Rob | Life Story |
2000 | 50 Cent | Power of the Dollar |
2000 | Luke | Luke's Freak Fest 2000 |
2000 | Ja Rule | Rule 3:36 |
2000 | Dame Grease | Live on Lenox Ave. |
2000 | Black Rob | "Whoa!" |
2000 | Nelly | Country Grammar |
2000 | DJ Quik | Balance & Options |
2000 | Joe | "Stutter" |
2000 | Youssou N'Dour | Birima |
2000 | Ludacris | Back for the First Time |
2000 | Beenie Man | Art and Life |
2000 | Bruno Coulais & Akhenaton | Comme un aimant |
2000 | Prodigy | H.N.I.C. |
2000 | Canibus | 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus) |
2000 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP |
2000 | Damizza | Where I Wanna Be |
2000 | Beanie Sigel | The Truth |
2000 | Memphis Bleek | The Understanding |
2000 | Joe | My Name Is Joe |
2000 | LL Cool J | G.O.A.T. |
2000 | Youssou N'Dour | Joko-From Village to Town |
2000 | Irv Gotti | Irv Gotti Presents: The Murderers |
2000 | Relative Ash | Our Time With You |
2000 | Ol' Dirty Bastard ft. Kelis | "Got Your Money" |
2000 | Stomy Bugsy | Trop Jeune Mourir |
2000 | Bouga | Belsunce Breakdown |
2000 | Jay Z | The Dynasty: Roc La Familia |
2000 | Profyle | Nothin' But Drama |
2000 | Various | Radiotherapy |
2000 | Capleton | More Fire |
2001 | Jay Z | The Blueprint |
2001 | Aaliyah | Aaliyah |
2001 | Yukmouth | Thug Lord: The New Testament |
2001 | Ray J ft. Lil' Kim | "Wait a Minute" |
2001 | Pastor Troy | Face Off |
2001 | Aaron Soul | Ring, Ring, Ring |
2001 | St. Lunatics | Free City |
2001 | Bad Boy Bill | Bangin; The Box Vol. 5 |
2001 | Busta Rhymes | Turn It Up! The Very Best of Busta Rhymes |
2001 | Krayzie Bone | Thug on da Line |
2001 | Warren G | The Return of the Regulator |
2001 | Timbaland & Magoo | Indecent Proposal |
2001 | Dungeon Family | Trans DF Express |
2001 | Erick Sermon | Music |
2001 | Big Pun | Endangered Species |
2001 | Fredro Starr | Firestarr |
2001 | Sum 41 | All Killer No Filler |
2001 | The Beatnuts | Take It or Squeeze It |
2001 | Oxmo Puccino | L'Amour est mort |
2001 | Run-D.M.C. | Crown Royal |
2001 | Beanie Sigel | The Reason |
2001 | DJ Clue? | The Professional 2 |
2001 | Run-D.M.C. ft. Jagged Edge | Let's Stay Together |
2001 | The Skinny | |
2001 | D12 | Devil's Night |
2001 | Ol' Dirty Bastard | The Dirty Story: The Best of Ol' Dirty Bastard |
2001 | Ja Rule | Pain Is Love |
2001 | Dungeon Family | Even in Darkness |
2001 | Ray J | Formal Invite |
2001 | Brandy | Afrodisiac |
2002 | Run-D.M.C. | Together Forever (Greatest Hits 1983-2000) |
2002 | Xzibit | Man vs. Machine |
2002 | Nas | God's Son |
2002 | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Thug World Center |
2002 | Ja Rule | The Last Temptation |
2002 | Jay Z & R. Kelly | The Best of Both Worlds |
2002 | Trick Daddy | Thug Holiday |
2002 | Eminem | The Eminem Show |
2002 | Irv Gotti | Irv Gotti Presents: The Remixes |
2002 | Trina | Diamond Princess |
2002 | Nelly | Nellyville |
2002 | WC | Ghetto Heisman |
2002 | Irv Gotti | Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc. |
2002 | Sum 41 | Does This Look Infected? |
2002 | Riva ft. Dannii Minogue | Tu Ma'Aimes |
2002 | N.O.R.E. | God's Favorite |
2002 | Brandy | Full Moon |
2002 | Aaliyah | I Care 4 U |
2002 | Amerie | All I Have |
2002 | DJ Quik | Under tha Influence |
2002 | State Property | State Property |
2003 | Mowett ft. Loon | Tru Rider |
2003 | Outkast | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below |
2003 | Freeway | Philadelphia Freeway |
2003 | Obie Trice | Cheers |
2003 | Cam'ron presents The Diplomats | Diplomatic Immunity |
2003 | Chingy | Jackpot |
2003 | Big Tymers | Big Money Heavyweight |
2003 | Timbaland & Magoo | Under Construction, Part II |
2003 | Jay Z | The Black Album |
2003 | The D.O.C | Deuce |
2003 | Nas | Made You Look: God's Son Live |
2003 | DMX | Grand Champ |
2003 | To My Surprise | To My Surprise |
2003 | Nelly | The Reinvention - De Derrty Versions |
2003 | Murphy Lee | Da Skool Boy Presents Murphy's Law |
2003 | Jae Millz | No, No, No |
2003 | Cassidy Feat. R. Kelly | "Hotel" |
2004 | Cassidy Feat. Mashonda | "Get No Better" |
2004 | Rohff | La Fierté Des Nôtres |
2004 | Guerrilla Black | Guerilla City |
2004 | Xzibit | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
2004 | Erick Sermon | Chilltown, New York |
2004 | Oxmo Puccino | Le cactus de Sibérie |
2004 | Cassidy | Split Personality |
2004 | Rick Ross | Federation |
2004 | Fabolous | Real Talk |
2004 | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | Greatest Hits |
2004 | Mannie Fresh | The Mind of Mannie Fresh |
2004 | T.I. | Urban Legend |
2004 | Ludacris | The Red Light District |
2004 | Nelly | Sweat |
2004 | Rupee | 1 on 1 |
2004 | Ma$e | Welcome Back |
2004 | Trick Daddy | Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets |
2004 | The Game Ft. 50 Cent | "How We Do" |
2004 | Lyfe Jennings | Lyfe 268-192 |
2005 | Nitty | Player's Paradise |
2005 | YoungBloodz | Ev'rybody Know Me |
2005 | Big Boi | Got Purp? Vol. 2 |
2005 | Tony Yayo | Thoughts of a Predicate Felon |
2005 | Toni Braxton | Libra |
2005 | The Game | The Documentary |
2005 | Chamillionaire | The Sound of Revenge |
2005 | Rohff | |
2005 | Brandy | The Best of Brandy |
2005 | Cassidy | I'm a Hustla |
2005 | Black Rob | The Black Rob Report |
2005 | Jermaine Dupri | Young, Fly & Flashy, Vol. 1 |
2005 | 50 Cent | The Massacre |
2005 | Lil' Wayne | Tha Carter II |
2005 | Eminem | Curtain Call |
2005 | Beanie Sigel | The B. Coming |
2006 | Busta Rhymes | The Big Bang |
2006 | The Game | Doctor's Advocate |
2006 | Big Tuck | Tha Absolute Truth |
2006 | The Game | "It's Okay (One Blood)" |
2006 | E-40 | My Ghetto Report Card |
2006 | Akon | Konvicted |
2006 | Clipse | Hell Hath No Fury |
2006 | Sleepy Brown | Mr. Brown |
2006 | Trick Daddy | Back By Thug Demand |
2006 | Obie Trice | Second Round's On Me |
2006 | Chingy | Hoodstar |
2006 | Clipse | Wamp Wamp (What It Do) |
2006 | Fat Joe | Me, Myself, & I |
2006 | YoungBloodZ | Still Grippin' tha Grain: The Best Of |
2006 | DJ Quik | Born and Raised in Compton |
2007 | Brother Ali | The Undisputed Truth |
2007 | Sum 41 | Underclass Hero |
2007 | Nas | Greatest Hits |
2007 | Young Buck | Buck The World |
2007 | Fabulous | From Nothin' to Somethin' |
2007 | Beanie Sigel | The Solution |
2007 | Keyshia Cole | Just like You |
2007 | Chamillionaire | Ultimate Victory |
2007 | Styles P | Time Is Money |
2007 | J. Holiday | Back of My Lac' |
2007 | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Strength & Loyalty |
2007 | Kia Shine | Due Season |
2007 | Birdman | 5 Star Stunna |
2008 | Rick Ross | Trilla |
2008 | Anthony Hamilton | The Point Of It All |
2008 | Kelis | The Hits |
2008 | Young Jeezy | The Recession |
2008 | Lil Wayne | The Carter III |
2008 | The Game | LAX |
2008 | Lil Mama | Voice of the Young People |
2008 | Cypress Hill | Original Album Classics |
2008 | Lalah Hathaway | Self Portrait |
2009 | Gucci Mane | The State vs. Radric Davis |
2009 | Rick Ross | Deeper Than Rap |
2009 | Jah Cure | The Universal Cure |
2010 | Big Boi | Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty |
2010 | Jay Z | Jay-Z: The Hits Collection, Volume One |
2010 | Lil Wayne | Rebirth |
2010 | Rick Ross | Teflon Don |
2011 | 1017 Bricksquad | Ferrari Boyz |
2011 | Gucci Mane & V-Nasty | BAYTL |
2011 | The Game | The R.E.D. Album |
2012 | Brother Ali | Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color |
2012 | The Game | Jesus Piece |
2012 | MGK | Lace Up |
2013 | Tyga | Hotel California |
2013 | Trombone Shorty | Say That to Say This |
2016 | Gucci Mane | Everybody Looking |
2017 | DJ Khaled | Grateful |
2018 | Ella Mai | Ella Mai |
References[]
- ^ "Video Static: Music Video News: Sugar Management". Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ Somuah, Andrew (10 August 2015). "Beats By Dre Link Up With Photographer Jonathan Mannion For Straight Outta Compton Campaign". The Source. The Northstar Group. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co., 530 F.Supp.2d 543 (S.D.N.Y.2008)". Google Scholar. Google. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ Wolff, Nancy (2010). The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 1581158076. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
External links[]
- Mannion's site
- MTV News Segment, June 2008
- http://www.dotspotter.com/news/788761_Aaliyah_In_a_Jonathan_Mannion_PhotoShoot
- http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1299131135&channel=196565916
- http://www.rebrand.com/page372.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101120021434/http://www.videostatic.com/vs/sugar_management/index.html
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=1138575&categories=Exhibits&venueid=791999
- http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/lifestyle-features/id.1085/title.jonathan-mannion-desire/p.2
- http://www.freshnessmag.com/v4/2006/06/26/jonathan-mannion-222-gallery-la/
- American music video directors
- American photographers
- Living people
- Kenyon College alumni
- 1970 births
- People from Cleveland