Jason Houston
Photographer / Based in Boulder, CO
Photographer and filmmaker Jason Houston has worked his entire career—for over 25 years—exploring how we live on the planet and with each other through community, culture, and human experience. Jason's approach...
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Photographer, Photojournalist, Filmmaker, Journalist, Editor, Videographer, Health, Travel, Video Editor, Environment, Science, Documentary, Multimedia, Video, Film, Photo Editor, Photography, Art Director, Foreign, Culture, Director of Photography, Visuals Editor, Journalist Investigative, Freelance, Humanitarian, Opinions, Impact, Assignments, Communications, Conservationist, Cinematography, Strategic Outreach , Fellow, Consultant, Visual Communications , Human Rights, Investigation, International, Advisory, Creative Professional, Multidisciplinary Artist, Short Films, Multimedia Journalist, Senior Photo Editor, Magazine, Editorial, Photo Shoots, Editing, Storyteller, Visual Artist, Climate, Advocacy, Advisor, Investigative Reporter, Visual Editor, Feature Journalist, Opinion Journalism, Lifestyle Journalism, Digital Journalism, Print Journalism, International Photo Editor, Editor at Large, Special Projects, Feature Stories, Environmental Stories, International Stories, Wildspaces, Conservation, Sustainable Travel, Outdoor adventure, National Park stories, Audio Visuals, Still Photographer, Visual Producer, Visuals Producer, Content Creation, Digital Media Production, Photo Director, Portrait Photography, Social Justice
Clients:
The Nature Conservancy
The New York Times
WWF
The Nature Conservancy
The New York Times
WWF
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Available in: Boulder, CO
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Photographer, Photojournalist, Filmmaker, Journalist, Editor, Videographer, Health, Travel, Video Editor, Environment, Science, Documentary, Multimedia, Video, Film, Photo Editor, Photography, Art Director, Foreign, Culture, Director of Photography, Visuals Editor, Journalist Investigative, Freelance, Humanitarian, Opinions, Impact, Assignments, Communications, Conservationist, Cinematography, Strategic Outreach , Fellow, Consultant, Visual Communications , Human Rights, Investigation, International, Advisory, Creative Professional, Multidisciplinary Artist, Short Films, Multimedia Journalist, Senior Photo Editor, Magazine, Editorial, Photo Shoots, Editing, Storyteller, Visual Artist, Climate, Advocacy, Advisor, Investigative Reporter, Visual Editor, Feature Journalist, Opinion Journalism, Lifestyle Journalism, Digital Journalism, Print Journalism, International Photo Editor, Editor at Large, Special Projects, Feature Stories, Environmental Stories, International Stories, Wildspaces, Conservation, Sustainable Travel, Outdoor adventure, National Park stories, Audio Visuals, Still Photographer, Visual Producer, Visuals Producer, Content Creation, Digital Media Production, Photo Director, Portrait Photography, Social Justice
Coverage Regions:
Africa Asia Latin America USA & Canada
Languages Spoken: English, some Spanish
Years of experience: More than 10
Photographer and filmmaker Jason Houston has worked his entire career—for over 25 years—exploring how we live on the planet and with each other through community, culture, and human experience.
Jason's approach challenges traditional nature/wildlife conservation with a focus on human communities and a recognition of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). He embeds with the people he photographs and in their lives—often using various participatory methods—to produce stories that transcend an outsiders’ preconceptions and assumptions to treat them as collaborators rather than subjects. Jason has worked on projects in over 30 countries doing journalism, personal documentary, multimedia art, and short films that have been published, exhibited, premiered, and presented around the world in outlets and venues ranging from The New York Times, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Science Magazine, and The Nature Conservancy, to Mountainfilm, SxSW, Harvard, Yale, Duke, the New Mexico Museum of Art, UNESCO, San Francisco Art Institute, and USAID. His work brings to life authentic narratives that empower communities, engage stakeholders, decision makers and the public, and inform conversations that lead to social and environmental change.
As an advocate for Concerned Photography, Jason has presented, curated, run workshops, and organized conference programming on working in cause-driven photography for dozens of arts and other institutions including Anderson Ranch, Duke University, Wake Forest University, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Telluride Photo Festival, Wild & Scenic Film Festival, University of Colorado at Boulder, LensCulture, San Francisco Art Institute, Mountainfilm, EnPAx, and Blue Earth’s annual Collaborations for Cause.
For more than 8 years Jason also worked as Photo Editor for Orion magazine, an award-winning bimonthly periodical focused on people and nature, where he led assignments, story development, art direction, and research for photo essays, portfolios, features, and departments. He is a grateful alumnus of the Missouri Photo Workshop, a Senior Fellow in the International League of Conservation Photographers, and a Fellow at Wake Forest University’s Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability.
Jason's approach challenges traditional nature/wildlife conservation with a focus on human communities and a recognition of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). He embeds with the people he photographs and in their lives—often using various participatory methods—to produce stories that transcend an outsiders’ preconceptions and assumptions to treat them as collaborators rather than subjects. Jason has worked on projects in over 30 countries doing journalism, personal documentary, multimedia art, and short films that have been published, exhibited, premiered, and presented around the world in outlets and venues ranging from The New York Times, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Science Magazine, and The Nature Conservancy, to Mountainfilm, SxSW, Harvard, Yale, Duke, the New Mexico Museum of Art, UNESCO, San Francisco Art Institute, and USAID. His work brings to life authentic narratives that empower communities, engage stakeholders, decision makers and the public, and inform conversations that lead to social and environmental change.
As an advocate for Concerned Photography, Jason has presented, curated, run workshops, and organized conference programming on working in cause-driven photography for dozens of arts and other institutions including Anderson Ranch, Duke University, Wake Forest University, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Telluride Photo Festival, Wild & Scenic Film Festival, University of Colorado at Boulder, LensCulture, San Francisco Art Institute, Mountainfilm, EnPAx, and Blue Earth’s annual Collaborations for Cause.
For more than 8 years Jason also worked as Photo Editor for Orion magazine, an award-winning bimonthly periodical focused on people and nature, where he led assignments, story development, art direction, and research for photo essays, portfolios, features, and departments. He is a grateful alumnus of the Missouri Photo Workshop, a Senior Fellow in the International League of Conservation Photographers, and a Fellow at Wake Forest University’s Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability.
Clients
The Nature Conservancy
The New York Times
WWF
MongaBay
USAID
Science Magazine
Oceangeographic
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara
Humboldt State University