Jonny Wilson
Graduated: 2018
Direction: Freelance Photographer
Jonny’s degree work: from the “Exploded Watch” series - ©2018 Jonny Wilson
BIO
What was a hobby for years turned into a passion, and while studying at Birmingham City University from 2015, I have been able to turn this passion into a career. I opened my own studio in March, 2018. I decided that it would be my Final Major Project at University to set up my business and secure a place for me to base myself from after university.
I was totally overwhelmed by the response from everyone who saw my exploded watch movement images. So many people see the images and instantly start thinking about how they can apply a similar look with their own products - which is how the exploded needle images started. My favourite experience from the photos came from when I went to a watch event in London and I was talking to 2 people outside. About 30 minutes into the conversation we got onto the topic of what I did as a career (we’d been talking watches up until then) and I mentioned the exploded watch movements I had started doing. One of them stared at me for a second and said ‘wait, did you do the Struther’s image?’. It was so nice having my work remembered and recognised like that.