Jon is an American photographer. After receiving a B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design, he lived for 12 years in New York working in the photography business and making and exhibiting his own work. In 2005, he moved to Switzerland continuing his artwork with the series: “Plain Air,” “Familiar Territory,” “Natural Selection,” “Left Out,” “Release Form,” and “Flight Control” as well as taking portrait and architectural commissions. In 2012, his first book, Familiar Territory, was published by Edition Patrick Frey/Zürich. In 2015, Silent Form, a second book of his work in collaboration with Piet and Wim Eckert of e2a architects, was published by Park Books. He lives in Switzerland with his wife and two sons.
Discipline:
Visual Art
Jon Naiman
Discipline:
Visual Art
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1991, 1996
More:
www.jonnaiman.com
Studios
Nef
Jon Naiman worked in the Nef studio.
Nef Studio, the first entirely new studio built after 1937, was donated by esteemed photographer, explorer, author, and MacDowell Fellow Evelyn Steffanson Nef in 1992. Endowed funds for the studio’s maintenance in perpetuity and an annual Fellowship for photographers were given in addition to funds for construction. Mrs. Nef said she had known about MacDowell all her…