Jonny Weeks is a photographer, feature writer and picture editor. He’s worked on staff for The Guardian newspaper since 2008 and also undertakes freelance assignments for a range of other editorial and commercial clients.
Jonny currently lives in Cornwall (south west UK) with his family. He’s previously been based in New Zealand, Australia and London.
Career highlights so far include: publishing a five-page British exclusive at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic after brokering unprecedented access to an intensive care ward; spending three years in charge of The Guardian’s photography in Australia; photographing world leaders including US president Joe Biden; picture editing on-site at the 2012 Olympic Games in London; exhibiting and lecturing in South Korea; interviewing renowned photographers such as Neil Leifer and Martin Parr; writing about practically everything from storm chasing, to space missions, to his beloved football team Coventry City; having a series of portraits on permanent display at UHCW in Coventry.
Contact
jonnyweeksphotography @ gmail.com
Selected photo essays and feature writing
• ‘Cut the crap’ say sewage protesters
• Football at its most scintillating and sickening
• A30 roadworks – faster journeys but at what cost?
• Coast to coast: snapshots along the Tamar
• 50 historic sport photos
• Fighting second home ownership
• Galactic Britain: Cornwall’s space race
• Minack Theatre backstage
• Promises and protests at G7
• Lifeguard training for the RNLI
• Coronavirus: vaccine rollout week
• Coronavirus: preparing for the winter surge
• Coronavirus: stories of survival and loss
• Coronavirus: meet the NHS heroes
• Sky Brown, the 11-year-old Olympic hopeful
• Making ethical sneakers in the Amazon
• A weekend with Wim Hof, aka the ‘Ice Man’
• Women’s FA Cup final
• Big-wave surfer re-lives nightmare wipeout
• World Cup colour chart
• Australian Open tennis
• Space whisperers: NASA’s Cassini mission
• The battle for Waterloo
• Taronga Zoo conservation
• Lightning storm chasers
• Pipe dreams: on the road to surfing glory
• Australian fashion week
• Interview with Martin Parr
• Splendour In The Grass
• Muhammad Ali by the photographers who knew him
• World Cup 2014 animation
• The story behind the iconic photo of Maradona
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