Jason Houston and Dewi (day-wee) Sungai Marquis-Houston are life and creative partners who have been building a foundation of friendship, trust, empowerment, and creative expression since 2010. Our combined decades of experience is manifested in our new visual storytelling company, eight16 creative.

We are committed to art and action that elevates Indigenous wisdom and patterns of thinking. Our collaborative approach honors agency for those whose stories we are helping to share as well as the animate sovereignty of the stories themselves. We serve to correct harmful narratives that carve destructive paths into our communities and minds.

We are  dedicated not only to the finished product, but also the path that gets us there. Authorship, ethical and appropriate representation on and off screen in front of and behind the camera, relationship, reciprocity, respect, and agency guide our heterarchical practice. We recognize the incredible honor and responsibility that comes with collaborating with people who trust us to help share their stories.

We do commissioned documentaries, editorial assignments, purposed-driven campaigns, branded and commercial gigs, photography, and independent creative nonfiction projects.