George McKenzie Jr.

George McKenzie Jr. grew up in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, shaped by the Guyanese heritage of his family and a neighborhood that gave him a perspective he carries into every wild place he enters. He left high school before graduating, came to wildlife photography and documentary filmmaking on his own terms, and the work has spoken ever since.

Known For:

His documentary Path of the Panther (2022) brought wide acclaim and cemented his reputation as a visual storyteller who makes conservation personal. As Live Wildly’s Adventurist at Large and a National Geographic Society Explorer, his work spans wildlife, natural history, culture, and conservation across five-plus years in the field.

In the Field and Giving Back:

George is an affiliate of the Explorer’s Club EC50 and serves as a NatGeo Photo Camp instructor and mentor — working to open doors in wildlife photography for the next generation of storytellers.

What He Brings to Wild Florida:

George’s lens is trained to find the story inside the landscape. He brings a global sensibility to deeply local places, asking audiences to see wild Florida not as backdrop, but as something alive and worth knowing.

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