South Florida Portrait Photography

For over thirty years, the Jamaican-born Muir has loved photographing people, capturing the essence of the story and the subject’s lifestyle -articulated in fresh ways. “I’m happy to be the one who directs someone into the best shot, directing them into the lighting,” Muir says. “The people are the number one reason why I love portrait photography and headshots.”

Art Exhibitor and Author

Muir’s archival eye has snapped moments in time memorialized in books, exhibits, and galleries at home and abroad. Muir’s special love for candid, cultural and lifestyle photography inspires his work, and is a signature component of his acclaimed art collections. His photo art collection, Pieces of Jamaica™, was critically acclaimed and led to national and international exhibition tours. In 2012, works from the exhibition were published as a coffee table book titled Pieces of Jamaica™: The Real Rock Edition. The book features vivid photographs capturing Jamaica’s rustic reality revealing the island’s spirited humanity and the intrinsic beauty found in its people. Dynamic live performances, dance and theater are brought to life through Muir’s still photography. His 2018 collection Reggae Reel: Moments in Music features Muir’s iconic reggae-music performance photos captured over the last decade, solidifying his position as a master photographer and griot.

Event Photography

Muir tells an entire story in a frame, encapsulating the true spirit of the moment with each shot. His natural talent, advanced technique and warm demeanor make him a popular photography teacher at Broward College and mentor to aspiring photographers where he shares the spirit of working with the natural and environmental, and the challenges related to capturing candid images. He is known as a regular contributor to the Fort Lauderdale art scene with the shows he curates, often conducting seminars for aspiring journalists and photographers. Muir’s vibrant shots of Caribbean cuisine bring traditional recipes to life in the 2020 cookbook Taste the Islands: Culinary Adventures in a Caribbean Kitchen.

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is like second nature to Muir, who has owned and operated several businesses since the 1980s when he was just a teenager. He is now part of the team that steers Island Syndicate, the Caribbean American lifestyle brand behind multiple nationally and internationally broadcast television series, annual culinary event series The Taste the Islands Experience, and flagship publication Island Origins Magazine. He is also co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Island SPACE, a nonprofit organization that promotes excellence in arts and which is dedicated to the development and advancement of arts, culture, history, and educational initiatives that represent the Caribbean region.

Accomplishments

Muir is a natural leader who has served his community in various capacities over the years. He has served on multiple local advisory boards, including nonprofits and arts organizations. He has been recognized as one of South Florida’s 100 Most Accomplished Caribbean Americans by ICABA, and by the Cities of Sunrise and Lauderhill for his contributions to each, through art. Muir has received multiple award nominations for his work in photography, and been awarded Photo Journalist of the year by BOMA. He has also been awarded for service to the artist community of Little Haiti in Miami. A selected photo artist for the worldwide project “Inside Out,” representing Broward for the County’s 100th Anniversary Celebration, he was also chosen by the Broward Cultural Division to document the County’s milestone festivities.

Muir, and his book Pieces of Jamaica™ were honored by the Jamaican Government for contribution to Jamaica’s 50th Anniversary of Independence Celebration in 2012. 

Muir has enjoyed a storied career through his connections with people, seeing the best in them inside and out, as an artist, activist and businessman. He looks forward to capturing every special moment.