Jonas du Pin is a Brazilian portrait and documentary photographer based in Sydney.
He was first drawn to photography as a child when he became fascinated by family albums and magazines. In addition to photography, Jonas engages in a wide range of artistic expression from cinema, music, street art, design, theatre, dance and live performances.
Jonas sees in photography an opportunity to explore different aspects of the human condition. And his attention is often drawn to counterculture movements.
Jonas graduated in filmmaking at the “Estacio de Sa University” Rio de Janeiro in 2010 where it became clear that he wanted to pursue professional photography. Jonas won two short film awards at the “Minute Festival” (online short film festival) and had a short documentary selected for the Cinesul Film Festival.
Jonas created an online photo gallery named “Concrete Jungle” consisting of photographs of street art mostly taken in Rio over a 5-year period. He was also a member of a live performance collective called “Coletivo Plastico Preto” (Black Plastic Collective) in 2014. The collective explored how major cities inhabitants are bombarded with information and stimulus and the implications of this process.
He graduated the Certificate IV of Photography in 2021 and attended the Diploma of Photography at TAFE NSW (Sydney) in 2021/22. Presenting the body of work - ‘Faces’ in the Diploma Group Exhibition - ‘Impermanence’.
