1st place
gold star award
Jonathan Knight
united states 
title
America's Other Coast
His long-held interest in the intersection of people and place led him to degrees in Regional & Community Planning and Landscape Architecture from Kansas State University while working as a freelance photojournalist. Jonathan’s academic work is strongly focused on the intersection of photographic storytelling and its relationship to design thinking. This work was been highly commended. In 2017, he became the first student in College history awarded both of the highest achievements given to graduating students: the prestigious ARCC/King Medal of Honor and the Tau Delta Sigma Bronze Medal. He was also named an LAF University Olmsted Scholar, awarded multiple Central States ASLA Awards of Excellence, the Robert P. Ealy award, and the AICP Outstanding Student award. Jonathan’s photography awards include the Fred Wrightman Award for Excellence in Photojournalism (Kansas State University) in 2010 and several group and solo exhibitions.
With his polymathic background in photography, design, and urban planning, Jonathan’s work often explores interactions between human and natural elements and rejects superficial depictions of virgin scenes but rather embraces interaction between humans, flora, and fauna often hinting at human presence in a scene. His ongoing work in the Athabasca oil sands converges his interests in design, planning, and photography by documenting current resource extraction and speculating on future land planning scenarios. Recent work on the Gulf Coast depict the intersection of landscape infrastructure and the beauty of the country’s third
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entry description
Recent work on the Gulf Coast depict the intersection of landscape infrastructure and the beauty of the country’s third--and often forgotten--coastline.about the photographer
Jonathan Knight is a polymath visual storyteller, photographer, and urban designer. Jonathan took one formal photography class in high school in 2005 and began his photography career shortly thereafter. He joined Kansas State University’s revered photojournalism staff in 2007 as a freshman. Within a few years he was freelancing for major news outlets including The Associated Press and regional newspapers such as the Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle.His long-held interest in the intersection of people and place led him to degrees in Regional & Community Planning and Landscape Architecture from Kansas State University while working as a freelance photojournalist. Jonathan’s academic work is strongly focused on the intersection of photographic storytelling and its relationship to design thinking. This work was been highly commended. In 2017, he became the first student in College history awarded both of the highest achievements given to graduating students: the prestigious ARCC/King Medal of Honor and the Tau Delta Sigma Bronze Medal. He was also named an LAF University Olmsted Scholar, awarded multiple Central States ASLA Awards of Excellence, the Robert P. Ealy award, and the AICP Outstanding Student award. Jonathan’s photography awards include the Fred Wrightman Award for Excellence in Photojournalism (Kansas State University) in 2010 and several group and solo exhibitions.
With his polymathic background in photography, design, and urban planning, Jonathan’s work often explores interactions between human and natural elements and rejects superficial depictions of virgin scenes but rather embraces interaction between humans, flora, and fauna often hinting at human presence in a scene. His ongoing work in the Athabasca oil sands converges his interests in design, planning, and photography by documenting current resource extraction and speculating on future land planning scenarios. Recent work on the Gulf Coast depict the intersection of landscape infrastructure and the beauty of the country’s third
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