For more than forty years Steve Hix’s photographic path has varied across many avenues ranging from news, documentary, commercial and fine art, including twelve years of studio and twenty eight years of location. He has traveled to over sixty countries around the world gathering imagery that numbers in the millions. His assignments have varied from covering anti-war protests in the late 1960’s for A.P. to documenting entire Caribbean islands for the extremely wealthy. No matter where or what client he is working for, he always finds time to shoot for himself along the way.
Steve’s graphic eye is always breaking down elements, whether natural or man-made, into the simplest forms. He learned his skills in black and white years before he entered color, and still shoots with this media if he feels it best fits the environment he is portraying.
Today Steve has opened his library to share images that he has collected along his well traveled paths between 1969 and 2011. His sensitive approach to landscape is captured through the various projects he has undertaken in some of the most beautiful places on earth. He continues to add to his long term projects and is working on new ones right now.
Awards, Shows and Press:
2010 Lucie Awards 3rd place advertising self portrait (pro)
2010 Texas Photographic Society “Captivar La Luz “Exhibit San Antonio, TX
2005 International Center of Photography “International Exhibit” Ft. Collins, CO
2003 & 2004 Focus on Aids exhibit/auction Los Angeles
2001 APA exhibit Los Angeles
1999 & 2000 APA exhibit San Francisco
1996 PDN magazine
1994 & 1995 Nikon Awards
1994 Print magazine awards
1993 Featured in Communication Arts Magazine
1989 Westport Gallery one man show Kansas City, MO
1986, 87, 89,90,91,92,93 Communication Arts Awards
1978 Albrecht Art Museum one man show St. Joseph, MO
1974 Lawrence Gallery one man show Kansas City, MO
Commissioned Art Projects:
2000 Ocean Spray - Project included documenting the Indian culture harvesting cranberries in British Columbia. Opening show was at the Boston Center for the Arts on the Warf. It then traveled to five cities in the U.S. and Canada
1992 Rayovac Corp. - Documented seven national parks in four seasons. Opening show was at corporate headquarters in Madison, WI. The show traveled to over fifty corporate headquarters of Fortune 500 companies during the next two years. Rayovac purchased 75 prints for their permanent collection.
1987 Champion Paper Company - Photo documentary of the Texas capitol building. Opening show was in the rotunda of the capitol building. Prints still on display in the Governors mansion. Calendar book printed of images.
Corporate Collections:
21st Century Investments
Ocean Spray
Rayovac
Marriott
H&R Block