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Jonathan Mannion (born December 3, 1970) is a noted photographer and film director.[ 1] Jay Z , Dr. Dre , Aaliyah , Outkast , Nas , Nicki Minaj , Brandy Norwood and Kendrick Lamar . He was also 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] 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] Manhattan studio. Avedon had always been a major influence to Mannion as a young art student. Mannion went on to work with photographers Ben Watts , Steven Klein and Marc Hom.
Jay-Z and hip hop
In 1996, Mannion was commissioned, in his first major record company contract, to take photos of Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z for Reasonable Doubt [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Aaliyah , Eminem , Nas , Busta Rhymes , Lil Wayne and others.[ 9]
Mannion versus Coors Brewing Company
In Mannion versus Coors Brewing Company Mannion successfully sued Coors for their unlicensed use of his photograph in one of their advertisements.[ 10] [ 11]
Album Credits
Year
Artist
Album
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
Supreme NTM Supreme NTM
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: X-Men Jeunes, Coupables Et Libres
1998
Jay Z & Various ArtistsStreets is Watching
1998
Supreme NTM Lord Kossity
1998
Playa Cheers 2 U
1999
Eve Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders' First Lady
1999
Funkmaster Flex & Big KapThe 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
Supreme 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
Luke Luke's Freak Fest 2000
2000
Rahzel Make the Music 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 & Akhenton Comme
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
Slimm Calhoun 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
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 Siberie
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 Au-delà de mes limites
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
2017
DJ Khaled Grateful
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
2016
Gucci Mane Everybody Looking
Notes
^ Video Static: Music Video News: Sugar Management ^ 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 ^ Photographer Jonathan Mannion Dishes On Lil Wayne, DMX, More - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News ^ "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 ISBN 1581158076 . Retrieved 15 December 2017 .
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