Photo above: © Jonathan Scott Paulson – Amazon Forest

Jonathan developed a love for the craft while playing football at Solano College and studying photography under Debra Bloomfield. After “discovering” photography, Jonathan continued to study until taking a break in the winter to backpack through Europe and shoot his first series, marking the birth of his career as a fine art photographer.

“What draws me towards photography is its ability to allow another person a chance to see what I see. If you have ever had someone say to you, ‘I don’t understand what you like about this so much; it’s just a building, or it’s just a courtyard’ and you thought ‘if he could only see it the way I see it, then he would understand,’ then you know how I feel. And, since photography gives me that medium to show others what I see, I fell in love with it.”

A love for adventure came at age twelve when his father took him on a hunting Safari to Africa; his first major performance was at age sixteen singing a cappella in Carnegie Hall in New York; and his first published work was at age seventeen in the Oregonian. By the time he was twenty-four he had two diplomas, two degrees (one in Liberal Arts Summa Cum Laude and one in Humanities emphasizing the Ancient Languages of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Summa Cum Laude), a number of certifications, and had been to every continent except Antarctica. He was a two-time ESPN (the Magazine) academic All-American All-District football wide receiver and was inducted into the College Football Honor Society Hall of Fame. His photographs can be seen hanging in galleries, universities, offices, and homes — while his corporate videos play during commercial breaks and presentations around the world in a myriad of media.

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