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ABOUT Jason Houston See a recent interview and video with me by www.BoldFacers.com. Read a recent interview with me by The Artful Mind magazine. Read about my recent trip to Ecuador at Otterbox.com. Wandering, sometimes aimlessly, along my career path, I have been piecing together a living from the photography industry for over 15 years. Starting out during the final years of college (philosophy & ecology, not photography), I began photographing for outdoor adventure sports magazines and, soon after, for related outdoor companies. The majority of my recent work is now focused on long-term documentary projects exploring social and environmental themes. Click here to learn more about my work and view samples.
In the 15+ years since I began working full time as a photographer, I have worked on a long list of editorial, commercial, and personal projects. My interests have always been in documentary photography and doing long-term, in-depth personal projects, and my editorial and art work usually derives from these. My current work focuses on social and environmental themes and recent efforts include a decade-long project on local and sustainable food and farming, a personal series on the social landscape of suburban American family life, and a long-term, multi-media project documenting the community-based grassroots campaigns of Rare Conservation in the developing tropics around the world. My first solo exhibition was in Santa Barbara, CA in 1996 and recently I have had my work on display in a number of venues including at a solo and group show at Spike Gallery in New York City, an exhibition for the School of Forestry at Yale University in New Haven, CT, and a documentary series of artists Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison at work for the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA. I am currently represented by Ferrin Gallery. I am currently moonlighting as picture editor for Orion, a 25-year old non-profit, non-commercial, bimonthly magazine of nature, culture, and place and am a contributing photography editor at Berkshire Living, an award-winning regional magazine in western Massachusetts. I am an advisory board member for Blue Earth Alliance and sit on many compentition and portfolio review panels. I am a long-standing professional member of the National Press Photographers Association and accredited with Canon Professional Services. I teach the occasional workshop, lead the occasional photography tour, and give the occasional lecture.
The New York Times Magazine, CNN, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, BIKE, Orion, GEO (Germany), New York Magazine, Playboy, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, Discover, Alaska Airlines Magazine, The Berkshire Eagle, Berkshire Living, Rare Conservation, The Earth Charter, New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets, New York Wine and Culinary Center, Sonoma-Cutrer Winery, Farm Aid, Bouldering.com, Chockstone Press, Chronicle Books, DIRT Magazine (United Kingdom), Men's Journal, El Puente (Nicaragua), Falcon Publishing, Fine Edge Publishing, Grist.org, Hooked on the Outdoors, Librebabiages (Belgium), Mother Earth News , MountainBikeReview.com, The Mountaineer Books, BusinessWeek.com, The Motley Fool, NewFarm.org, NewYorkMetro.com, The Organic Gardener (Australia), Orion Afield, OrionOnline.org, Orion Books, Plenty, Popular Photography, Rockclimbing.com, Scholastic Press , The Sierra Club Calendars, Small Farm Quarterly, Waterkeeper , YES! Click here for more about my editorial work. Click here for more about my commercial work and see a client list.
gallery & museum Exhibitions I am an editorial documentary photographer. But, as is happening for a number of us, I have also had a few opportunities to exhibit my work. Click here to see a list of recent exhibitions. While not my primary focus, I find it an effective outlet for some of my more experimental projects, and having to think in terms of art series and shows also helps to evolve and refine the style and approach to all of my work. To view some current personal projects, please click here or to inquire about an exhibition and available works, please contact me directly.
competition & Portfolio review panels I have also participated as a juror in a number of industry related competition and portfolio review panels. Some recent events are listed here below. I am currently accepting invitiations in my capacity as a documentary photographer and/or magazine picture editor and look forward to the future events already scheduled. "2008 International Photography Awards / Lucie Awards" "Fotofest 2008 Biennial" "Career Day Portfolio Review 2008" "'Our World' National Portfolio Review 2008" "Critical Mass 2008" "'Our World' National Portfolio Review 2007"
Talks, Workshops & Events For a list of past and future talks and workshops I have or will be participating in click here. To learn more about destination photography tours or private tutoring, please click here.
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