Jon Brack Photography

Jon Brack is a freelance 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, documenting earthquake disaster recovery projects in Nepal, and researching Hawaiian monk seals in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Through his photography, Jon aims to humanize the foreign, fostering a better understanding of this planet’s complexity and revealing the similarities between peoples, cultures, and environments. 

In 2011, Jon began utilizing immersive 360° storytelling platforms in his work.  He has created interactive panosphere tours inside of the space shuttles, around the ruins of Chernobyl, and throughout Elvis Presley’s Graceland. His 360° video documentaries allow viewers to join community health care workers in rural Malawi and be embedded with scientists researching beluga whales in Alaska. These and other Virtual Reality (VR) projects have been part of assignments with National Geographic, NOAA, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Friends of Midway Atoll, Project HOPE, and the California Science Center, among others. Jon is also a Google Street View trusted photographer with over 30 million views to date.

Jon also teaches photography with National Geographic Photo Camp, a program working with youth around the world that is designed to inspire a next generation of storytellers to see the power of their own voice. As Lead Technical Director, he has been part of 30 workshops in 20 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.