Jason Houston is a Photographer and filmmaker of strong values and questionable repute, Driven by an often unpopular sense of what is right inside an overly complex and increasingly magical understanding of the world.
ONGOING PROJECT:
LAST WILDEST PLACE
The Purús–Manu region in Southeastern Peru is one of the most remote areas in the entire Amazon. I was introduced to this unique place and the people who live there through Chris Fagan of Upper Amazon Conservancy in 2015, and together, in addition to the important advocacy work he’s been doing there for almost 2 decades, we’ve began producing Last Wildest Place. Our ongoing multimedia project is a personal exploration of why we are so drawn to the Upper Amazon and is an effort to share that experience with others for the sake of its protection.
Most recently, Last Wildest Place has been recognized as a finalist in three categories in the 2024 Muse International Awards (Photojournalism, Documentary, and B&W (Photojournalism)), and as a ‘Remarkable Artwork’ at the 2022 Siena International Photo Awards in Siena, Italy in the Storyboard Category. In 2020, it was awarded first place in the ZEKE Award for Documentary Photography which includes publication in ZEKE Magazine and exhibitions at Photoville in New York, Bridge Gallery in Cambridge, MA, South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange, NJ, and several other locations. And in 2014, Last Wildest Place was awarded the Jonny Copp award, and early work was exhibited at the Adventure Film Festival in Boulder, CO in 2016.
Last Wildest Place is actively being presented and shared in festivals, at universities, and through photography organizations worldwide.
Please visit www.UpperAmazon.org to learn more about the issues affecting this region or if you want to support our efforts to protect it.
Social Documentary Network’s 2020 ZEKE Awards banner at the Photoville festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park featuring 1st place winners Last Wildest Place and Cousins.