Steven is an award-winning Los Angeles based fine art and editorial photographer. His work has been featured prominently in magazines, private collections, the lobbies of film production companies, two motion pictures and a US embassy. Steven’s work has also appeared in both solo and group exhibitions while receiving recognition from such vanguard publications as Photo District News, B&W, Communication Arts and Graphis. Steven is available for both fine art commissions and editorial assignments.

Education
Art Center College Of Design - BFA
Loyola Marymount University - BS

Work At Art Fairs

AIPAD Miami 2007

Photo London 2007

Corporate Collections

U.S. State Department

Texas Photgraphic Society

Eastern New Mexico University

Riot Films

Red Car Editorial

Private Collections

Michael Madsen - Actor
Patrick Stewart - Actor
Ted Danson - Actor
Robert Patrick - Actor
Brandon Stoddard - Former Head Of ABC Entertainment
Lee Clow - Worldwide Creative Director - TBWA/Chiat/Day

Grace Silverstein - Director's Representative
Monica Bunch - Producer
Edward Teets - Producer

Lisa Cheek - Editor

Publications

Birder’s World

B&W Magazine

Cinema Treasures

Communication Arts - 2008 Photography Annual

Discovery Channel - Online

Graphis - 2012 Photography Annual

Los Angeles Magazine
Los Angeles Times - Online

Nature Conservancy - Online

Nature Photographer’s Magazine

PDN - Magazine
PDN - Photo Of The Day

Surfline

The Disquieting Muse Quarterly Review

The Photo Paper

Vis A Vis

Affiliations

American Photographic Artists

American Society Of Media Photographers

Editorial Photographers

Graphis

PLUS Coalition

Texas Photographic Society

Awards

Graphis - Gold Award, 100 Best in Photography - 2012

International Photography Awards - Third Place - 2011

International Photography Awards - Honorable Mention (x2) - 2011

Prix De La Photographie Paris - Silver Medal (x2) - 2011

The Center For Fine Art Photography - Honorable Mention - 2010

International Photography Awards - Honorable Mention - 2009

Photography Masters Cup - Certificate Of Achievement - 2009

Photo District News (PDN) - Winner - 2008

International Photography Awards - Honorable Mention (x3) - 2008

Communication Arts - Excellence In Photography - 2008

B&W Magazine - Gold Award - Single Image - 2007

B&W Magazine - Excellence Award - Portfolio - 2007

International Photography Awards - Honorable Mention (x3) - 2006

Camera Arts Magazine - 2nd Place - Nature & Landscapes - 2005

Texas Photographic Society - Finalist - TPS 13 - 2004

SNAP 04 - Finalist - 2004

World In Focus - Finalist - 2003

Solo Exhibitions
2002 - Lost Angeles
2001 - Wanderings
2000 - Beyond The Tube

Group Exhibitions

2011 - Summertime - Duncan Miller Gallery - Curated by Aline Smithson - Los Angeles

2011 - MOPLA - SmashBox Studios - Los Angeles

2010 - MOPLA - SmashBox Studios - Los Angeles

2010 - Animalia - Center For Fine Art Photography

2009 - Projekt 30 - Online

2008 - The Pink Show - Atlanta

2008 - Heal The Ocean - Santa Barbara

2007 - Art From The Heart

2006 - TPS Auction - Texas Photographic Society

2005 - Hollywood Portraits - Arclight Cinerama Dome

2005 - Critical Mass - Online
2005 - Projekt 30 - Online
2004 - TPS 13 - Texas Photographic Society
2004 - SNAP 04 - Eastern New Mexico University
2003 - Photography Now - Center For Photography At Woodstock
2003 - Projekt 30 - Online
2003 - Photo Plus Expo - New York
2003 - World In Focus - Seattle

News

1/21/05 - Steven unveils Animalia.

8/21/06 - Steven has three of his fine art projects come home with Honorable Mentions at the 2006 International Photography Awards.

1/7/08 - Steven has two images chosen by Surfline to be showcased in their December Photos Of The Month collection.

2/28/08 - Steven has five images purchased by Columbia Pictures to appear in the upcoming Will Smith movie, Seven Pounds.

5/1/08 - Steven has five images from his Animalia project selected as winners and is given a spread in the 2008 Communication Arts Photography Annual.

7/25/08 - Steven has three images selected by the U.S. State Department to hang in the US Embassy in the Kingdom Of Brunei.

8/25/08 - Steven has two of his fine art projects take home Honorable Mentions at the 2008 International Photography Awards.

8/28/08 - Steven has two of his images raise $1,500 for Heal The Ocean at their 10th anniversary fundraiser show in Santa Barbara. Music was provided by Jack Johnson.

10/20/08 - Steven has three images from his Animalia series selected as winners in PDN's Faces competition. The winning images will be featured in the December issue of PDN.

2/10/09 - Steven unveils The Stylists.

3/17/09 - Steven unveils The Shimmering Silence.

4/7/09 - Steven unveils Horsepower.

4/15/09 - Steven is chosen to be a featured artist on Gawker.

5/1/09 - Steven unveils Today Was Not A Surf Day

5/26/09 - Steven is a nominee at the 3rd Annual Photography Masters Cup.

5/27/09 - Seven has three images from his Today Was Not A Surf Day series purchased by PRAXIS Integrated Communications for use in a design project associated with the rennovation of the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX.

8/1/09 - Steven's Animalia series has several images chosen to be part of the August exhibition of Projekt 30.

8/19/09 - Steven's Animalia series receives more admiration by receiving an Honorable Mention from the 2009 International Photography Awards.

8/31/09 - Steven's Armageddon photo of the LA wildfires appears on the front page of the LA Times website and is featured on several Twitter feeds including that of Rob Schwartz - Executive Creative Director at TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles.

9/3/09 - Steven's Armageddon photo is also featured on PDN's Photo Of The Day and Discovery Channel's Big Pic.

2/20/10 - Two of Steven's images from Chasing The Dragon are featured in the inaugural issue of The Photo Paper magazine.

3/9/10 - Steven's image of a Western Kingbird silhouetted against a rising moon was chosen as Image Of The Day and Image Of The Week for the Nature Conservancy's Blog.

3/15/10 - Steven unveils Wandering In The Garden Of Stone.

3/26/10 - Steven has two images from his Animalia series selected for an exhibition at The Center For Fine Art Photography.

4/22/10 - Steven is chosen to be one of the 160/160 featured photographers during Month Of Photography LA (MOPLA) sponsored by The Lucie Foundation.

4/29/10 - Steven is chosen to exhibit in the MOPLA Group Show at Smashbox Studios curated by Hossein Farmani, founder of The Lucie Foundation.

11/16/10 - Steven has an image from his Chasing The Dragon project selected to be in Surfline's Photos Of The Month for November.

12/10/10 - Steven unveils Botanica.

2/1/11 - Steven unveils his Stock Photography collection on Photoshelter.

4/15/11 - Steven is once again invited to exhibit work at the Month Of Photography (MOPLA) Group Show at Smashbox Studios on April 28th, curated by Dee de Lara and Hossein Farmani and sponsored by The Lucie Foundation.

6/17/11 - Steven wins two Silver Medals at the Prix De La Photographie in Paris for his Botanica and Wandering In The Garden Of Stone projects.

7/5/11 - Steven has eight images purchased by Universal Pictures to appear in the upcoming Judd Apatow movie, This Is 40.

7/21/11 - Steven has three images from his Stylists project included in "Summertime" - a group show curated by Aline Smithson at the Duncan Miller Gallery in Santa Monica, CA.

8/23/11 - Steven has three of his fine art projects win a Third Place and two Honorable Mentions at the 2011 International Photography Awards.

2/21/12 - Steven wins a Gold Award for his Animalia project and is chosen to be one of the 100 Best In Photography for 2012 by Graphis.