Jaiden George is a photographer and writer born and raised in Tofino, BC, within the territories of the Tla-O-Qui-Aht Nation. A future Hereditary Chief coming from a mixed background of both indigenous (Ahousaht) and settler descent, he began taking photographs with conservation in mind - turning his lens toward clearcuts, vanishing glaciers and at-risk wildlife.
During his time at Emily Carr, he became engaged in a more nuanced form of image-making informed by photography’s history and the wealth of critical and philosophical literature surrounding the engendering and development of the medium. Henceforth, he has undertaken an exploration of the natural world through the lens of interpretation and narration. Drawing from such fields as epistemology (how we know what we know) and semiotics (the creation and communication of meaning), he employs photography as a means to visualize and complicate the constructed realities that we project onto the world.
He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2022.
Contact
Jaidengeorgephoto@gmail.com
(250) 726 5155