October • 2015
Jonathan did an excellent job chasing the largest ever landfalling hurricane, Hurricane Patricia in Mexico. He shot great quality and was quick and efficient and would be hired again.
Jonathan L.
Colonia Cuauhtémoc, 06500 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
4 reviews$500 - $1000 / Day
About
Video Passwords: Seems Like Home: TooJeez Romania: Trafficking Jonathan taught himself photography while serving as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army. After leaving the military, he dedicated himself full time to photojournalism working in the Middle East, Afghanistan, the United States, and Latin America. He has documented the effects of gentrification in Washington D.C., unrest in Yemen, the Libyan rebels' push from the Nafusa Mountains toward Tripoli during the Arab Spring, and Afghan mountain guides working amidst conflict high in the Hindu Kush. His photographs have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and in The Times of London. Jonathan is a trained EMT with a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University and has extensive experience working in some of the world's most hostile environments. Currently based in Mexico City, he is available for photography and video assignments worldwide.
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Seems Like Home
Password: TooJeez Considered by some to be the most talented musicians in the business, Two Gallants are struggling to find success, enduring a grueling life on the road, all for that 90 minutes of pure joy each night when they get to play their music. This is recently completed and unpublished.
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Romania
Password: Trafficking For a number of reasons, sex trafficking is on the rise in Romania. This video explores the issue and includes interviews with child prostitutes, convicted traffickers, and vulnerable girls from areas of Romania most vulnerable to sex trafficking.
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Aerial Reel
Aerial reel with Inspire 1.
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Carte Parwan
This is a profile of a neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan. A local Afghan who grew up in that neighborhood shares his stories of what it was like growing up there and how it has changed.
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3.0 Produced for AJPlus
Central American Migrants transiting Mexico face a string of challenges on the journey north
In 2014, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto initiated the Southern Border Program as a plan to protect the human rights of migrants in Mexico and to control the flow of people crossing from Guatemala. Allegations of abuse have risen since.
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El Chapo
The Sinaloa cartel boss, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, escaped from prison on July 11, 2015. With a $3 million USD bounty on his head, speculation is running rampant as to where he might be. I spent the day on his home turf in Badiraguato, Sinaloa State talking to local residents about their thoughts on El Chapo's escape and his impact on the area.
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