On May 6th Adobe announced its next iteration of the Creative Suite titled Adobe Creative Cloud. The software will be offered as a subscription only and priced (for existing users) at $49.99/month for the entire Creative Suite and $19.99/month for Photoshop only.
Two and a half million years ago
Long before Homo Sapiens
Joined earths great show
A photon of light left Andromeda
On a day we now call Hannakua
Racing across time and space
It’s fellow photons gave it chase
To reach the nearest solid mass
Which happened to be my camera’s glass
I hope the photons aren’t too bummed
That to my camera they have succumbed
For though my prints they are archival
I can’t guarantee another 2.5 million year survival
Born in fire
Black rocks aspire
To cool their souls
In the oceans watery shoals
Rounded by time
Their souls sing of the divine
As they patiently wait
For their inevitable fate
To be polished and worn
Until they are re-born
And dance with the tide
Always by the oceans side
Jonathan Kingston Featured on National Geographic Stock Blog.
Two years ago I photographed a personal project over the course of a month in China. I had the good fortune to spend most of the time traveling with a dear friend who had just moved back to Beijing to start a fuel cell company. As often happens when I travel – there was a very fine line between visiting a country as a tourist and getting beyond the surface. I find the only way to get deeper is to have deep connections with subjects you are photographing. This can’t be rushed and I feel blessed to have made many deep connections world wide over the last 10 years of my career as a photographer. You can click through to the image set on the Nat Geo Stock blog here.
Jonathan Kingston featured on PDN Photoserve photographer of the month.
I was honored this week to open my email and see a message from PDN’s photoserve letting me know I had been chosen as a photographer of the month. 2013 is off to a good start!
It’s been a good year on the competition front for me. Just found out I received an honorable mention in the Prix de la Photographie Paris, altered images competition. The jury selected winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries. For any interested art directors, the tepee image can be licensed from Aurora Photos here.
Teepee, Stanley, Idaho (Jonathan Kingston/Aurora Photos).
Px3 is juried by top international decision-makers in the photography industry: Carol Johnson, Curator of Photography of Library of Congress, Washington D.C.; Gilles Raynaldy, Director of Purpose, Paris; Viviene Esders, Expert près la Cour d’Appel de Paris; Mark Heflin, Director of American Illustration + American Photography, New York; Sara Rumens, Lifestyle Photo Editor of Grazia Magazine, London; Françoise Paviot, Director of Galerie Françoise Paviot, Paris; Chrisitine Ollier, Art Director of Filles du Calvaire, Paris; Natalie Johnson, Features Editor of Digital Photographer Magazine, London; Natalie Belayche, Director of Visual Delight, Paris; Kenan Aktulun, VP/Creative Director of Digitas, New York; Chiara Mariani, Photo Editor of Corriere della Sera Magazine, Italy; Arnaud Adida, Director of Acte 2 Gallery/Agency, Paris; Jeannette Mariani, Director of 13 Sévigné Gallery, Paris; Bernard Utudjian, Director of Galerie Polaris, Paris; Agnès Voltz, Director of Chambre Avec Vues, Paris; and Alice Gabriner, World Picture Editor of Time Magazine, New York.
I was honored this year to be one of 125 entries chosen for inclusion in the 2012 Communication Arts Photography Annual – my second win in comm arts! For anyone wondering, I did attempt the route the climber is photographed on, but did not redpoint it. Can’t wait to get back to China for some more great climbing and photography. For any AD’s out there, you can license the image from National Geographic Stock – image #1466368.
Rock climber, Moon Hill, Yangshuo, China. (Jonathan Kingston/National Geographic Stock)