Murray has been working at documenting the extraordinary diversity and beauty of the Tropical Andes since 1996, his specialty being bird and macro photography. He has compiled an in-depth collection of neotropical bird images, and focuses on getting those rare species which have never been professionally photographed. His work has been published in various international publications. He recently had a feature on the Umbrellabird in BBC Wildlife magazine, plus a new species of hummingbird in Audubon magazine.
He has published over 10 photography books – the more notable being Birds of Colombia, Hummingbirds of Colombia and Aleteo - Birds of the Tropical Andes. Currently he is working on series of books on the Amazon region.
Murray's principal mission with photography is to use his images locally to increase awareness for conservation, which he does through donating images to local foundations, massive outdoor exhibits, courses with local guides and presentations in local low-income schools, plus his books.
South African born, he has made a home of Ecuador since 1991, where he spent the first 11 years working on the conservation of the Chocó Rainforest, co-founding a 21 000 acre reserve – living eight hours by mule, deep in the forest! Since 2002 he has been dedicated to photography full-time, and currently lives in the Tena region of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
