I hope the public enjoys this re-design of my website, an update to reflect my work right now, as well as being able to accomodate changes and expansion in the future. I've always been interested in photography, and I enjoyed my photographic education, both at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, Ca., and at the Rochester Institute of Technology. My major artistic project, The Colors of the Urban Landscape had 2 starting points. One was in June, 1989 when I visited Paris to attend my brother's wedding, the other starting point was in January, 1990; when unemployed, I decided to take a trip into Manhattan, and shoot a few rolls of film. The results were quite encouraging, so I kept coming back. Soon I had accumulated a large stockpile of images, and in a short time I was having art shows in galleries on Long Island. After that I moved on to some of the galleries in Manhattan.

As my creative project progressed, I started to notice the colorfull graffiti murals. Soon I took notice of one particular graffiti artist, Chico, who works mostly in Manhattan's Lower East Side. In 1993 I met Chico, and he liked the way I captured his murals. A couple of years after that, Chico joined me on a collaboration project, where he painted art work on some of my prints. The result of this project inspired me to have a website created, and the original version of my website was made in 1996 by a friend of mine, Christopher Grauert. Meanwhile, things continued to progress with my fine art exhibitions, and I even served as the curator of 3 group art shows (July, 1995, April, 1999, September, 2005, September, 2007 and September, 2008), A Fraternity of Artists, the first two shows held at the East Village's La MaMa La Galleria, and the third one at the Studio Art Gallery in Rochester, NY. The other artists were all artists from my Fraternity from RIT, Alpha Epsilon Pi. At the end of 1998, I finally got a computer, and I taught myself how to use Adobe Photoshop. This led to the creation of numerous special-effects images which form the basis for this present version of my website. This image work also led me to want to know more about computer Graphic Design. I went back to RIT for night classes, and I'm now quite adept at Quark XPress, and I took 2 courses in Adobe Photoshop.

This website was my project for my final class, one in Internet Design. My future goals are simple. I want to do all manner of creative work, in both Photography & Graphic Design. In 2009, I finally got my first Digital SLR, and frequent visitors to this website are aware of my much faster pace in adding new photos/digital art. Since the formation of this website, I've created thousands of more digital images, some of which have been in art galleries world wide.

Finally, I have to add that besides creating my own digital images, that I'm also available for hire in my many capacities as a Freelance Photographer, Graphic Designer, and/or Website Designer. I hope everybody enjoys the work that went into my website. If you want to know more, please feel free to visit my feedback page, I'll be happy to answer any of your questions.

Jonathan White

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"Jonathan White's show at the Upstairs Gallery in Huntington is a vivid contrast to these two exhibitions. The photographs here are in brilliant and vibrant color, and this is a show about places rather than people. White's theme is the decaying urban environment, which ought to be depressing with its graffiti and overflowing trash cans but somehow is joyous instead. He delights in the gaudiness of yellow-and-red-painted walls and surfaces decorated with rainbow murals. He captures the exuberance of paint splashed over the man-made jungle. Although the human figure is almost entirely absent, we feel he is celebrating the valiant attempts people have made to render the city beautiful and livable. Many of the most interesting Cibachrome prints are of New York, but some are of Paris, including some unusual shots of the Eifel Tower. Architectural elements are juxtaposed with painted surfaces and come close to abstract designs. His strength lies in discovering beauty amidst dissolution."

--Elizabeth Wix