Douglas Steakley

Douglas Steakley (born 1944 in Ashtabula, Ohio) is a metalsmith[1] and photographer[2] who won the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography in 2003.[3]

Douglas Steakley
Born
Ralph Douglas Steakley, Jr.

(1944-03-21) March 21, 1944
Ashtabula, Ohio, U.S.
Alma materBowling Green State University, Indiana University
OccupationMetalsmith, Photographer
AwardsAnsel Adams Award for Conservation Photography, 2003

Career

Steakley has a BA from Bowling Green State University[4] and studied jewelry design and silversmithing at Indiana University,[1] where he received a master of fine arts degree.[2] In 1974, he traveled to Denmark to learn holloware techniques. His work is featured in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection.[1] In 1979, he wrote Holloware Techniques, a book published by Watson-Guptill Publications.[5] He was the president of the Society of North American Goldsmiths from 1989 to 1991.[6]

Steakley's book Pacific Light: Images of the Monterey Peninsula was published in 2000, and Big Sur and Beyond: The Legacy of the Big Sur Land Trust was published in 2001. In 2003, he became a full-time photographer.[2] Later that year he received the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography from the Sierra Club.[2][3][7] His A Photographer's Guide to the California Coast was published in 2005 by Countryman Press. He has also published Photographing Big Sur.[2][3] His photography has been in magazines including Outside, Architectural Digest, Backpacker, Art and Antiques,[3] National Geographic, and Town and Country.[8]

Steakley has worked with conservation groups including the Big Sur Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, the Land Trust Alliance, The Trust for Public Land, the Wilderness Coalition, the Tuolumne River Trust,[2] and the Monterey Peninsula Regional Parks District.[7]

Bibliography
  • Holloware Techniques (1979)
  • Pacific Light: Images of the Monterey Peninsula (2000)
  • Big Sur and Beyond: The Legacy of The Big Sur Land Trust (2001)
  • A Photographer's Guide to the California Coast (2005)
  • Photographing Big Sur (2011)
  • Big Sur Revealed (2017)

References
  1. "Douglas Steakley". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  2. "Douglas Steakley". Center for Photographic Art. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  3. "Douglas Steakley". W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  4. "Douglas Steakley". Skov Larsen. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  5. Douglas Steakley (1979). Holloware Techniques. Watson-Guptill Publications.
  6. "Board & Past Presidents". Society of North American Goldsmiths. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  7. "Featured Artist - Douglas Steakley". Solana Beach Art & Frame. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  8. "MB13 - Portfolio - Into the Wild". GuestLife. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
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