Jon Brack is a photographer and videographer based in Washington, DC, who specializes in telling humanitarian and environmental stories, often in geographically isolated locations. His varied experiences have included living a year at the South Pole and researching Hawaiian monk seals in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Utilizing 360° storytelling platforms, Jon’s immersive projects allow viewers to tour inside of the space shuttle, around the ruins of Chernobyl, up close with endangered species on the beaches of Midway Atoll, and throughout Elvis Presley’s Graceland. These and other Virtual Reality (VR) projects were created during assignments with National Geographic, NOAA, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Friends of Midway Atoll, Project HOPE, and the California Science Center, among others.
Jon teaches photography as the Senior Technical Advisor with National Geographic Photo Camp, a program working with youth around the world designed to inspire a next generation of storytellers to see the power of their own voice. He has been part of over 50 workshops in 25+ countries.
Originally from Colorado, Jon graduated from the University of Oregon with a business degree symbolic of a traditional lifestyle that he’s avoided ever since while traveling to over 90 countries on all seven continents.
All images and video on this website are copyright Jon Brack and may not be used in any capacity without his express permission.
Supporting an ‘iwa (great frigatebird) on Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Atoll) in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. (Photo by April Surgent)