Jon Tonks

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The Photographers’ Gallery Show

The Photographers’ Gallery Show

Head For The Leeeward Side, my first London solo show opens - March 2023

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Lenscratch Book Review – The Men Who Would Be King

Lenscratch Book Review
The Men Who Would Be King

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Pictura Gallery Exhibition, Bloomington, Indiana – September 2022

Pictura Gallery Exhibition, Bloomington, Indiana
September 2022

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Le Monde

Le Monde

- Here is a link to a piece about The Men Who Would Be King in Le Monde Magazine.

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Fraction Magazine – The Men Who Would Be King

Fraction Magazine
The Men Who Would Be King

The Men Who Would Be King in Fraction Magazine.

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The Men Who Would Be King – The Guardian

The Men Who Would Be King
The Guardian

The article to accompany the release of The Men Who Would Be King (2021), a collaborative book produced with Christopher Lord, published by Dewi Lewis Publishing.

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A Small Voice Podcast – With Ben Smith

A Small Voice Podcast
With Ben Smith

During lockdown in 2020 I spoke with Ben Smith about cruise ships, lockdown, enjoying the disconnect and photo-books.

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My time on a cruise ship heading into a pandemic

My time on a cruise ship heading into a pandemic

In March 2020 I was working as a guest lecturer aboard a cruise ship bound for Tahiti, except we never quite made it. This story in the Guardian explains more.

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A Horse Walks Into A Bar – Guardian Best Phone Picture

A Horse Walks Into A Bar
Guardian Best Phone Picture

The Guardian asked whether I had any pictures that I could share for their section on images by photographers made on their phones. Here's one from Texas in 2022.

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Discussing Empire on Vimeo – By Prime Objective

Discussing Empire on Vimeo
By Prime Objective

Here is a short video that was put together in line with the roaming exhibition of Empire - Prime Objective came to film me discussing the development of the project.

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New York Times

New York Times

Follow the link to a piece I shot recently in Norway for the New York Times Magazine.

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Max Houghton on Empire for the Telegraph

Max Houghton on Empire for the Telegraph

Max Houghton from London College of Communication writes about Empire for the Telegraph, ahead of the exhibition opening at Impressions Gallery.

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GRAIN Photography Hub

GRAIN Photography Hub

GRAIN is a photography hub and network for the West Midlands, supporting the roaming show for Empire.

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BJP One’s to Watch in 2014

BJP One’s to Watch in 2014

Following a nomination process involving an international panel of photographers, editors, curators and educators, 30 photographers are selected each year.

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Marco Bohr’s review for Photomonitor

Marco Bohr’s review for Photomonitor

Marco Bohr's review of Empire for the online magazine Photomonitor, who focus on photography and lens-based media in the UK and Ireland.

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Martin Parr’s top 10 photobooks

Martin Parr’s top 10 photobooks

Martin Parr selects his top 10 books of 2013 for the British Journal of Photography.

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Sean O’Hagan Reviews Empire

Sean O’Hagan Reviews Empire

Sean O'Hagan's review of Empire for the Guardian following the book being published in December 2013.

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Colin Pantall reviews Empire

Colin Pantall reviews Empire

Photo-Eye is an online bookstore, gallery and hub for photo book reviews. Click here to see Colin Pantall's review of Empire in March 2014.

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Sabine Mirlesse on Empire for PDN

Sabine Mirlesse on Empire for PDN

Sabine Mirlesse discusses Jonathan the 180 year old tortoise from St Helena, August 2014.

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Alexander Strecker writes about Empire

Alexander Strecker writes about Empire

Alexander Strecker writes about Empire for Lensculture, an online and wide ranging resource for contemporary photography.

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Alyssa Coppelman for Featureshoot

Alyssa Coppelman for Featureshoot

Alyssa Coppelman reviews Empire on Featureshoot - an online portal that showcases the work of international emerging and established photographers.

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Jim Stephenson & Miniclick Photo Talks

Jim Stephenson & Miniclick Photo Talks

Jim Stephenson has written about Empire on their blog following up a Miniclick talk in Brighton. Click through to read more.

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The St Helena Balloon Men on Vimeo

The St Helena Balloon Men on Vimeo

Here is the story of Marcus Henry, working at the Met Office on St Helena Island, South Atlantic.

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mac birmingham exhibition installation video

mac birmingham exhibition installation video

This video was created by Chris Keenan of Prime Objective to support the exhibition of Empire at mac birmingham.

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Picture of the Week, by Hannah Booth

Picture of the Week, by Hannah Booth

Each week, the Guardian Weekend magazine's editorial team choose a picture, or set of pictures, that particularly tickle their fancy.

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GUP Magazine review by Nora Uitterlinden

GUP Magazine review by Nora Uitterlinden

GUP Magazine (Guide to Unique Photography) is a daily online magazine with four print publications per year, focussing on the contemporary world of photography.

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BBC Slideshow

BBC Slideshow

Click here to view the BBC slideshow of Empire, originally aired in March 2014.

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