About Sterling E. Stevens / Sterling Stevens  

Artist statement
A New Jersey native, I have made my residence in the southern United States for the last sixteen years and currently practice as an architectural designer in North Carolina. My design background directly influenced my foray as an amateur photographer. Architecture purposely (and inadvertently) adds to, alters, and mirrors our natural earth, the built human environment, our cultural and socioeconomic experience, collective ideas of aesthetic appeal, and time itself. Built structures then become a measurable dichotomy between impact and reflection that can complement, supercede or be overwhelmed by its surroundings or any particular moment. My design acumen parallels photography to not only freeze unique intersections of human-built structure with its surroundings, but also illustrate how those elements can bridge environments. Occasionally, architecture becomes self-referential and develops into its own contained environment.

Photography has not only provided new ways to express my creativity, but continually challenges how I see the world, our impact on it, and vice versa. Forming personal ideas about photography has now inextricably linked to my evolution as a young architectural designer shaping to the world. Capturing these individual moments through the eye of a lens is a pure joy and will always remain an integral part of my life.

You can also find me at:

*sestevens.com
*Facebook
*istockphoto
*Model Mayhem

sterling e stevens
Raleigh, USA