Jahir Morris is a Caribbean-American environmentalist and self-taught digital photographer. Born and raised in Jamaica, Queens, NY, he learned to channel his passion for conserving natural systems and reconstructing narratives through Black photographic tradition into a career which employs conservation science methodologies and grassroots community engagement to combat unprecedented declines in global biodiversity and the disastrous effects of climate change on frontline (often Black and Brown) communities.
Since graduating from Princeton University with a B.A in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, he specializes in promoting safe access to and meaningful engagement with federal public lands for all communities as the Equitable Access Policy Associate at The Wilderness Society (TWS).
As an artist, he takes a multidisciplinary approach to photographic techniques as a means of inviting the viewer to deconstruct colonial narratives on wild places and reconsider their understanding of Blackness, wilderness, and the intricate relationship between the two.