Ellen and Steve are life partners and collaborators in the creation of fine art photography. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, they draw inspiration from the local topography, exploring the beauty and complexity of anthropogenic landscapes, revealing both their allure and cultural resonance. Their work highlights the interplay of light and line, rhythm with repetition, the intimate with the monumental, the personal with the communal. Ellen and Steve’s work captures the ethereal elements of their surroundings inspiring a deeper appreciation of the world we share, inviting all to discover both the power and the fragility of the landscapes and narratives that shape our lives.
Their presentations use crafted fiber papers, fabrics, and wax encaustic to forge wabi-sabi compositions that celebrate mystery, imperfection and impermanence.
Steve and Ellen received PhD's in Psychology and were contributors to the emergence of the digital age during their work at tech giants including Apple, IBM, Intel, and Google.
Solo/Portfolio Shows
Upcoming: Visual Duets, Triton Museum, Santa Clara CA, 2026
By Her Hand, Frederick Layton Gallery, MIAD, September, 2025
Faded Glory, Soho Photo Gallery, January, 2025
Cut Short, Soho Photo Gallery, April 2024
Cut Short, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, Sept. 2023
Bayscapes, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, June 2023
Fertile Ground: Feeding a Nation, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, June 2022
Fertile Ground, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, April 2020
Cuba: A View From The Street, Palo Alto Jewish Community Center, 2016
Pacific Rim Exposures II, Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford CA 2014
View from the Street, Koret Pavilion at Stanford University, 2013
Pacific Rim Exposures, PHOTO Gallery, Oakland CA, 2012
Naoshima Abstracted, Mountain View Center for Performing Arts, Mountain View CA, 2012
Publications and Awards
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50, 2025
Third place in photography, Triton Museum 2024 Salon
Editors Pick for LensCulture’s New Visions Photography Awards 2024 Gallery
Finalists in the Klompching Gallery Fresh Portfolio Competition, Bayscapes, September 2023
Second Place Award, Members Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, 2022
Merit Award, All About Photo, Shapes 2022
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 200, 2019
Semi-finalist, Awagami Museum International Miniature Print Exhibition, 2019
Seeing in Sixes, LensWork Magazine, 2018
Selected Group Shows
Griffin Museum 15th Photobook Exhibition, July 2025
Move/Moving/Movement, Soho Photo Gallery, April 2025
Members Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, 2020 - 2025
Griffin Museum 2025 Member Show, Boston, August 2025
Purple, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA, May 2025
Transcendent Forms, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, Feb, March 2025
48 Pillars, ARC Gallery, SF, Feb, Mar, April, 2025
Sacred Ground, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, 2025
Memento Mori, Marin Art and Garden Center, 2024
Pretty in Pink, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA 2024
Fresh Show, Klompching Gallery, New York, 2023
Members Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, 2022
A New World, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2022
Color Theory, Griffin Museum, Boston MA 2022
Magnetic Pull, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, 2021
International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, 2018, 2020
Marking Time, Harvey Milk Photo Center, San Francisco, 2019
Of Dreams and Reality, Berkeley Art Center, 2018
AnthropoScene, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2018
Making of a Beautiful Bridge, Photo Yokohama, Gallery M, Japan 2018
In Motion, Harvey Milk Photo Gallery, SF, CA, 2016
On Reflection, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 2014
The Perimeter of the World, RAYKO San Francisco, CA 2014