Jonathan Purcell is a professional photographer with over ten year’s industry experience within the field of editorial and documentary photography.

Education/Training

  • Master Of Arts Degree, Photography. Nottingham Trent University 2004/6
  • Certificate In Education : Further, Adult and Higher Education Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester 2004/2005
  • Arts Council England North West ‘Setting-Up Scheme’ 1999-2001
  • Stockport College of Further Education HND Photography 1996-1998

    Recent Employment History

    • Mid-Cheshire College of Art and Design, Lecturer in Photography 2000-Present
    • South Cheshire College, Lecturer in Photography 1998-2000

    Selected Freelance Commissions and Exhibitions

    • “Marketing Utopia: Communities for Sale”, exhibition of work from Moss Rose Estate in Macclesfield, documenting the residents last days before its demolition. Basement Arts, Manchester 2005
    • Axial Dance, Stuttgart Germany, 2003 and ‘Cultureshock’ festival part of the Commonwealth Games Manchester 2002
    • ‘Moving The Goal Posts’, University of Manchester and Zion Centre Manchester 2002
    • ‘Gallery Exposures’ Bury Art Gallery Centenary Year 2001
    • ‘Preston Brook Millennium Project’, Halton Community Hall, Halton 2000
    • ‘The Shampoo Set’ Touring Open Eye Gallery Liverpool and Folly Gallery Lancaster 2000
    • ‘The Family’ Cornerhouse Café, Manchester 1999

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