Morgan Heim
Wildlife Photojournalist & Filmmaker
Morgan Heim raises a camera for one purpose – to capture moments in an animal’s life that will make us consider what that life means. Inevitably, those stories involve people as much as wildlife – how we treat them, why we need them, what we love, or hate about them.
As a senior fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, Morgan brings her background in environmental journalism and zoology to conservation storytelling. She used to pursue the stories of wildlife as a research assistant on projects like the bioacoustics of orcas or the life of salmon surrounding the Elwha Dam. She has documented the plight of endangered fishing cats in Thailand, gone deep into California forests in pursuit of trespass marijuana grows, and backpacked over 90-miles and two mountain ranges following the path of a single pregnant mule deer, Deer139.
Morgan was a 2015 recipient of the Fund for Environmental Journalism, 2018 recipient of the Philip Hyde Grant and a two time National Geographic grantee for Deer139 and urban coyotes. Her images have appeared in National Geographic NewsWatch, Smithsonian, World Wildlife, Discover, BBC Wildlife and Newsweek. She is also a cinematographer, with award-winning films in Banff and Telluride Mountain Film Festivals, Adventure Film and COP 22.
When not in the field, you can find Morgan hitting the trail with her dog and husband on the Oregon coast.
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