Jon was the Director of Photography at the Sunday Times Magazine and has worked for The Times, The BBC, Time Magazine and Newsweek
Jon Jones
Head of photography

“Photography plays a unique role in storytelling and at Tortoise we aim to tell powerful visual stories that inform and educate through our journalism.”
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Friday 9 September 2022
Queen Elizabeth II: A life in pictures
A collection of photography from the life and reign of Britain’s longest serving monarch
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Monday 25 April 2022
Mariupol
The siege of Mariupol
Images of a city fighting for survival
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Friday 1 April 2022
An empire strikes back
During the Falklands War, soldiers and photographers on both sides recorded their experiences on film. This is the conflict through their eyes
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Monday 28 February 2022
Lebedev: Lord of Siberia
Evgeny Lebedev: In pictures
Little is publicly known about Evgeny Lebedev’s rise to the upper echelons of the British establishment – but there are plenty of photographs
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Thursday 8 July 2021
The Arms Race
The bigger, worse picture
Covid-19 is ravaging the world. Still. This photo essay shows the continuing suffering in countries that haven’t been reached by the vaccine – and even those that have
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Thursday 3 June 2021
The second couple at No.10
The invisible fixer
When Tortoise journalists set out to find a photograph of one of the most influential figures in British politics, they were astounded to find that just one existed
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Thursday 4 March 2021
The Covid Variants
City of horrors
Last year, Covid-19 took a terrible toll on Manaus in Brazil. And then it came back – in variant form. Has this rainforest city become a tragic test-case for the impact of coronavirus mutations?
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Thursday 9 January 2020
Tech States: Apple
Mastering the aesthetic
The story of Apple in ads