JES STOUT grew up in Concord, MA, where she learned about photography from artist, David Prifti as a high schooler. In 2011, her passion for photography brought her to South Africa. Her time there, was mostly spent learning how to identify lions and elephants, tracking and logging the animals’ locations, while recording the information from behind the lens.

She attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, MA, where she studied photography and sculpture.