Steve Dunwell is an American photographer noted for his color photographs of urban and scenic landscapes.

Steve Dunwell teaching a photography workshop in Boston, 2009

Early life and education

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Steve studied photojournalism with Walker Evans at Yale University (BSc 1969).[1]

Photography career

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Steve Dunwell makes photographs of New England – its people, landscape, and industry – for publications, for collectors, and for advertising. Many of his photographs are featured in a series of fourteen picture books on regional subjects, including Extraordinary Boston.

He also works on corporate and editorial assignments, concentrating on industrial environments, architecture, aerials, and portraiture. He has traveled to over 40 nations on 5 continents. His stock photos are represented in several libraries and agencies. Editorial clients include Yankee Magazine, American Style, GEO, American Heritage, Black Enterprise, Preservation Magazine, and National Geographic Traveler.

Steve Dunwell created Back Bay Press in 1994. Back Bay Press specializes in photographic studies of New England subjects. Their most recent title is Boston Freedom Trail, describing the city's foremost historical venue.

As a supplier of Boston-themed images, Steve continues to make new images of his city, extending and improving his collection. Panoramic and aerial images are a key part of this archive, along with cultural activities.

Steve Dunwell lives and has his studio in the Bay Village neighborhood of Boston. He has been an instructor at New England School of Photography and now teaches workshops at Panasonic Digital Photography Academy. His photographs are included in numerous corporate and private collections.[citation needed]

Books

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  • Rhode Island: A Scenic Discovery (Foremost Publishers, 1976), ISBN 978-0-940078-03-1
  • The Run of the Mill (Godine Press, 1978),ISBN 978-0-87923-249-8
  • Connecticut: A Scenic Discovery (Foremost Publishers, 1980), ISBN 978-0-89909-050-4
  • Vision in Steel (AMCA International, 1982)
  • Duke University: A Portrait (Fort Church Press, 1983), ISBN 978-0-917585-00-5
  • Mystic Seaport (Foremost Publishers, 1984), ISBN 978-0-939510-13-9
  • Long Island: A Scenic Discovery (Foremost Publishers, 1985), ISBN 978-0-89909-083-2
  • Boston University: Pictorial (Boston University Press, 1989), ISBN 978-0-87270-064-2
  • Yale: A Portrait (Fort Church Press, 1990), ISBN 978-7-85665-510-3
  • USS Constitution: Old Ironsides (Fort Church Press, 1991), ISBN 978-1-884824-04-3
  • Boston Freedom Trail (Back Bay Press, 1996, revised 2004), ISBN 978-0-9643015-2-8
  • Harvard: A Living Portrait (Back Bay Press, revised 2007), ISBN 978-0-9643015-1-1
  • Extraordinary Boston (Back Bay Press, revised 2007), ISBN 978-0-9643015-0-4
  • Massachusetts: A Scenic Discovery (Back Bay Press, revised 2008)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Photographer Steve Dunwell". DPA. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2024-01-04.