Steve Antell

Honored Artist 2003


"Aspens in Fog" Silver Gelatin Print, Jurors Award


Steve Antell works as a photographer in N.E. Oregon where he lives with his family. At age fifteen, he decided to spend more of his time photographing the outdoors and in the following ten years lived in Colorado and Yosemite, completed college, published a book, and traveled while pursuing an active lifestyle of climbing, skiing, guiding and teaching. The many visual memories and emotional experiences from this period strongly influenced his selection of photographic subjects, composition, and image presentation in subsequent years.

After completing a Masters and Ph.D. in Field Biology, Steve chose to open his own portrait/illustrative studio where he worked for 16 years. Today, his nature images show the viewer an intimate, captivating and complete
presence of the scene photographed. Steve recently sold his studio in order to have more opportunities to create his pictures and have more time with his family. His photographs have been collected by university and private parties.

My images are from western landscapes, which I began printing more than 35 years ago. The desire to create such pictures comes from emotions I have had while hiking, climbing, Nordic skiing and studying biology. I consider myself fortunate to have an endless supply of subject matter that can interest me, the desire and ability to create strong compositions and work the photographic medium to express myself. I work as a professional portrait photographer in La Grande, and I have a doctorate in Zoology