Douglas Steakley is a widely recognized photographer from Carmel Valley, California. He

received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University and has been pursuing

photography for many years. His distinct images range from the Monterey Peninsula where

he lives, to many international destinations where he enjoys traveling.

Two large format books featuring his color photography have been published recently:

Pacific Light, Images of The Monterey Peninsula in 2000, and Big Sur And Beyond, The

Legacy of The Big Sur Land Trust in 2001. Pacific Light won an Honorable Mention from

The National Outdoor Book Awards in 2001. A third book, A Photographer’s Guide To The

California Coast was published in 2005, by Countryman Press. Doug is currently working

on a second book to be published by Countryman Press:  A Photography Guide to Big Sur.

Photographs by Douglas Steakley have received awards in many photography competitions

including those sponsored by National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Petersen’s

Photographic magazine and The National Park Service. In 2008, Doug was the Grand Prize

Winner of a photography contest co-sponsored by National Geographic Magazine and

Energizer batteries--a two week safari for two in Tanzania.

Douglas supports and works closely with several land conservation groups. His images

have been included in annual reports and a variety of other publications from The Big Sur

Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, The Land Trust Alliance, The Trust For Public Land,

The Wilderness Coalition, The Tuolumne River Trust and the Monterey Peninsula Regional

Regional Parks District.  In 2003, he received the Ansel Adams Award from The Sierra Club

for his conservation photography.

His images have been published in many local, national and international magazines

including Architectural Digest, Backpacker, Outside, Better Homes and Gardens, Art And

Antiques, Private Pilot, Luxury Living, The Robb Report, Town and Country, Runner;s World

and Elite Traveler. His photographs often appear in the annual travel catalogs published by

Wilderness Travel and Mountain Travel.

Photographs by Doug Steakley have been made into posters by Portal Publications and

Winn Devon. His images are used in many calendars published by Tidemark Press, Portal,

Browntrout Publishing, Trends International and The Sierra Club.

Doug Currently serves as Treasurer on the Board of Trustees of The Center For Photographic Art.

Stock photography by Douglas Steakley is represented worldwide by Lonely Planet Images.

One Person Exhibitions:

The Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California-1998

The Fireside Gallery in The Highlands Inn, Carmel, California-2002

The Alvarado Gallery in The Monterey Conference Center-2003

The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, California-2006

The Gallery At The Blackstone Winery, Gonzales, California-2008-9

Corporate And Private Collections:

Southwest Securities, Monterey, California

Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California

Kaiser Hospital, Milpitas, California

Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto, California

Kaiser Hospital, San Mateo, California

Offices of The Sierra Club, San Francisco, California

VK Associates Property Management, Carmel, California

Sierra Environmental Technologies, Carmel, California

Offices of Drs. Franklin and Barkalow, Monterey, California

Carmel Valley Athletic Club, Carmel Valley, California

Santa Catalina School, Monterey, California

The Reading Center at California State University Monterey Bay, Monterey, California

The Community Hospital, Monterey, California

The Cypress Inn, Carmel, California

Offices of Natural Selection (Earthbound Farms), San Juan Batista, California

The Casa Palermo Spa, Pebble Beach, California

The Monterey Peninsula Dental Group, Monterey, California

Offices of The Big Sur Land Trust, Carmel, California

Offices of Slade and Gertz, CPA’s, Carmel, California

Dr. Christopher Barnard, Monterey, California

Dr. Richard Hambley, Monterey, California

Dr. Susan Kubica, Monterey, California

Drs. Philip Bhaskar and Perry Silva, Salinas and Monterey, California

Dr. Douglas Sunde, Monterey, California

Dr. Daria Maldanado, Monterey, California

Tier Technologies, Boston, Mass.

Clint and Dina Eastwood

John Madden