Jonathan Grado

Photographer, Creative Director

Brooklyn, NY

11:34:04am

Overthinking at 3am.

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a

multidisciplinary

photographer

Born

in

Brooklyn

and

based

in

Austin

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Jonathan grew up on the workbenches of Grado Labs, the audio company founded in 1953. Combining his passion for photography and design, he helped guide the Brooklyn headphone company into its seventh decade while honoring its legacy of three generations of sound.

A
multidisciplinary
photographer,
Jonathan
finds
surreal
narratives
in
casual
details.
Often
overthinking
at
3am,
his
creative
work
explores
the
cinematics
of
a
dreamlike
state.
He
is
currently
working
on
conceptual
projects
using
mixed
media,
as
well
as
with
Grado
Labs,
the
Brooklyn
audio
company
spanning
seven
decades.

Projects

A24 Films

The Pokémon Company

Uncrate

Bushmills + Elijah Wood

TechCrunch Disrupt

Le CouCou

Mini-Docs & Shows

American express

Buzzfeed

Great Big Story

Hypebeast

Mashable

NBC

VICELAND

jetBlue

Press & Features

AWWWARDS

CNN

Chicago Tribune

Design Milk

Dwell

Esquire

Fast Company

GQ

Gizmodo

The Dieline

The Verge

VICE

WIRED

Jonathan brought Grado Labs to Mashable's Top Eight Most Social Small Companies, and has collaborated with companies such as Pokémon (childhood dream) and A24 Films (grownup childhood dream). He’s been featured in a commercial for American Express, and on shows for NBC, CNN, and Vice, among others.

Jonathan Grado sitting on a chair on a red velvet stage wearing an open dandelion shirt and white sneakers.

Jonathan
grew
up
watching
headphones
go
from
a
sketch
on
a
napkin
to
a
finished
piece
of
equipment.
This
attention
to
detail
informs
his
story-building,
with
narratives
spanning
monochromatic
dreamscapes
to
bodies
with
a
mind
for
more.
He
splits
his
time
between
Brooklyn
and
Austin.