Steven Begleiter

Steven H. Begleiter is an award-winning Denver based commercial photographer and an Adjunct Professor at the prestigious Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD).

He is celebrating his 40 as a professional photographer and his 20th year of teaching with his 6th book “ Photographic Lighting for Everybody” His previous five books are the seminal Fathers and Sons, (1989 Abbeville Press) and his instructional books: The Art of Color Infrared Photography, The Portrait Book, A Guide for Photographers and 50 Lighting Setups for the Portrait Photographer Vol. 1 and Vol 2. (Amherst Media) His fictional memoir " Leaving Cleveland" will be out in March of 2023.

His professional career began in 1980 as first photo assistant to Annie Leibovitz and Mary Ellen Mark.

His work has appeared in Esquire, Newsweek, Big Sky Journal, Us Weekly, Forbes, Elle, Business Week, on the cover of Time. He has done assignments for Fortune 500 annual reports and worked on national advertising campaigns. He is a recipient of a Greater Philadelphia Cultural Association Grant and the State of Montana has purchased his work for their permanent collection. He has served on the board of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers for three years.

He has been awarded 7 Spider Awards for Black and White Photography; 3 Master Cups in color photography; Best of 2019 for personal work from the ASMP and most recently was a finalist in the prestigious Communication Arts 2020 Photographic Competition.

On a personal note he loves to cook, garden and listen to all types of music, while hoping to start practicing his saxophone again. He is also very grateful to be the father of two amazing teenagers, Makhesh and Tika and fortunate to be the husband of the amazing Kate Siegrist.

To see more work go to www.begleiter.com or to my blog at https://wordpress.com/view/photographiclightingforeverybody.com

to follow his upcoming book Leaving Cleveland subscribe to my blog at http://cleveland-nyc-journal-novel.blog

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