Steve Dunwell

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Steve Dunwell teaching a photography workshop in Boston, 2009

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

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Early life and education

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

Photography career

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 ]

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