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Hello!

Murray is a South African professional fine art landscape and nature photographer with more than 10 years of image making experience. He is a deep thinker with interests in wildlife & conservation, philosophy, design, cooking, and more. He has lived on 4 continents, most recently in Scotland for 7 years, where he completed a Masters of Architecture. All of this translates into Murray’s unique contemplative and introspective approach to photography.

Murray is currently making images for multiple long-term photo project in Scotland.

His work is available as the highest quality prints including Fine Art Acrylic Prints, Fine Art Paper Prints, and ChromaLuxe Metal Prints. If you can’t find what you are looking for, please contact Murray directly and he would be more than happy to assist.

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I'd be happy to answer any questions you have, just get in touch.

Publications

Nature Vision Magazine // The Making of a Folio, Power and Elegance Review, Tracking My Wild Self

Nature Photographers Network // Peripheral Landscapes

On Landscape Magazine // Symphony of Water, Learning from Others, End Frame, Feature: Portrait of a Photographer

Where The Leaves Fall Magazine // Attuned Landscapes, Sandcliffs Issue #16

F-Stop Collaborate and Listen Podcast // Interview

Creative Banter Podcast // Working in Projects & Poetic Photography

Picfair Focus // Videos, Photographer’s Guide to Cape Town

The Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year Book, Collection 9 // Temperamental

Machair, 2024, Self-Published Book

Murray Livingston is delighted to be an official FLM Canada Photographer. Murray has exclusively used an FLM CP30-L4ii for his photography since mid-2023 and believes FLM is producing some of the best tripods on the market today. Without fail, the CP30 has proven to be an indispensable tool for getting the image when it mattered most. FLM Tripods are built to last, are strong and lightweight, and I wouldn’t hesitate to use them in any conditions. Thanks to FLM, you can receive a 10% discount on your order using code “LIVING10” on the FLM Canada website! (The above link is an affiliate link which doesn’t cost you any extra but I get a small commission. Thanks to anyone who uses it!) 

Awards

Commended Portfolio Finalist // Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year 2024

Exhibitions

The Jam Factory, Oxford, 2021

Connecting With Nature Through Photography

Appreciating nature is at the core of my approach to practicing and teaching photography. Murray believes in developing a conversation between nature and the photographer through careful observation and learning. Landscape and nature photography is his way of connecting with wilderness all over our planet, and also to give back. With the goal of being carbon-neutral, your support via prints and workshops plants trees.

Murray is most occupied at the moment by two themes, Scotland’s Ancient Caledonian Forest and Scotland’s Geology; these themes are slowly developing into long-term projects. While he loves travel and adventure, it seems more important than ever to appreciate locality and find a spiritual or existential connection to nature in your immediate environment. Murray’s overall portfolio is wide ranging in its location, while his Scotland work is developing as a collection of semi-local images.

Murray hiking in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa 2024