Jon Challicom is a London-based freelance photographer. He lives in North LondonĀ in a little house with a blue shed, which he shares with wife, son, cat and a crazy little dog and lots of house plants.
For the past 20 years he has worked as a photographer after graduating from the Documentary Photography degree program at Newport University.
Spending a good chunk of his twenties as a documentary photographer, shooting highly sensitive images of difficult lives and situations both here in the UK and overseas. A number of these essays won awards in the Hodge, Ian Parry and Nikon Press Award.
During the 00s he met a girl, she made him settle down and with this clients became more commercial. Jon started shooting for design agencies, charities, business magazines and multi-national corporations.
Over the years Jon has developed a very diverse set of skills. He has yet to be fazed by politicians, CEOs, Olympic gold medal winners, dogs or even children. On a number of projects in recently Jon has worked with Avenue Sixty 7, they have helped with production and retouching of both stills and motion work.