Personal Practice
Jonty Tacon came to photography after 15 years as a graphic designer. His experience in using and commissioning photography to communicate ideas has helped the development of his photographic practice, which is mainly concerned with the relationship between people and place. His work explores how we utilise and find meaning in places and conversely how this relationship shapes us and our identities. Alongside his individual work Jonty frequently collaborates with Laurie Griffiths, showing work in various galleries and exhibitions, including the Taylor Wessing portrait exhibition, The Brighton Photo Fringe, The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition and most recently at the Lithuanian Photography Association gallery in Vilnius.
Exhibitions and Talks
Invited to speak about the project Passing High by Minclick Talks at the 2015 Bicycle Film Festival
MAP6 Home Project Exhibition – Hastings Arts Forum Gallery, March/April 2016
MAP6 Home/Lithuania Project – Peckham 24 festival at the Maverick, Safehouses, May 19th-22nd, 2016
RA Summer Exhibition – Alongside Laurie Griffiths, showing a selection piece from the project Babochka
MAP6 The Lithuanian Project – Brighton Photo Fringe 2016 exhibition and talks
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize Exhibition 2016 – Alongside Laurie Griffiths, showing a selected piece from Babochka
Babochka: A European Power Struggle, 2016/17 – Newman Ziegler Associates, London
Babochka: A European Power Struggle, 2017 – Prospekto Gallery (Lithuanian Photographers Association), Vilnius
Publications
Ride Journal Issue 9 – Photo essay and words, from the 'What Really Counts?' project
Portraits featured in Issues four, five and nine of Simpson Magazine
BBC News 'In Pictures' – MAP6 The Lithuanian Project