Jonathan Stark is a photographer bringing a distinct visual and emotional perspective to his work.
A graduate of SUNY Binghamton in New York and Boston University, Stark studied photography, film, and broadcasting. He is director of digital marketing-video development at Houghton Mifflin. He pursued further photographic studies at the Museum School, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and New England School of Photography.
Stark has had solo shows at the French Library and Cultural Center in Boston. He won a bronze award from the American Society of Media Photographers in 2009.
"My work is rooted in the emotional nature of all things and in my visceral response to both animate and inanimate objects. From the moment a scene or subject captures my attention I am involved in an intimate relationship.
"In composing, focusing, and ultimately exposing the film I am exploring the depths of that relationship. When the subject is in my viewfinder nothing else in the world exists. I am immersed in that person's face or in that landscape's composition.
"It asks me to walk a little further or climb a little higher or crawl on my knees to find a view that truly highlights its visual uniqueness. With a person, the most engaging photographs occur when that person feels the intensity of my visual/emotional attraction to them and responds with openness and trust." - Jonathan Stark