JMG is a documentary photographer, filmmaker and visual artist whose work and personal projects have taken him to over 40 countries and countless encounters. From the jungle of Sierra Leone to the streets of the South Side of Chicago, JMG tells stories of communities affected by their environment.
Based in Chicago today, JMG’s work focuses on long term documentary projects addressing societal and cultural issues and portraying the people impacted by them.
Editorial Clients : Time, Newsweek, Life, New York Time Magazine, Sunday Times (UK), Stern (Germany), Paris Match, L’Express, Grands Reportages, Mediapart, L’Equipe, LaCroix (France), Getty Images, AP Images.
Corporate : CNH Industrial, Discovery Channel, TLC, Travel Channel, BGCA, Aspen Dental, Tek & Kote
Humanitarian/ Health : Doctors without Borders / MSF, World Health Organization, Rotary Foundation, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Exhibitions
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington DC, ‘What happened to Polio?’, from JMG’s decade-long documentary work depicting the progress and challenges of humanitarian efforts to eradicate the polio epidemic worldwide.
- Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago: Solo photo exhibit ‘Sacred Waters’, a photographic documentary on the largest pilgrimage on the planet - 12 years in the making - and the energizing power of faith.