ABOUT MYSELF, STEPHEN FAHY, THE PHOTOGRAPHER

I GREW UP IN MASSACHUSETTS MOST OF MY LIFE BUT DID SPEND 7 YEARS LIVING IN ALAMEDA, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA. I ALSO SPENT 2 YEARS LIVING IN LAS VEGAS , NEVADA AND 6 WEEKS IN GUADALAJARA MEXICO.

THE MAJORITY OF MY PHOTOGRAPHY WAS DONE DURING MY COLLEGE YEARS 1978-1982.

I STUDIED PHOTOGRAPHY FIRST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS, LAS VEGAS NEVADA FROM SEPTEMBER 1978-JUNE 1980.
NEXT I STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO IN LA JOLLA CALIFORNIA FROM SEPTEMBER 1980-JUNE 1982.

I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF AS A STREET PHOTOGRAPHER. PHOTOGRAPHING THE MAN MADE WORLD SURROUNDED BY THE NATURAL WORLD. I’VE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHING ARCHITECTURE, URBAN LANDSCAPE, NATURAL LANDSCAPE, PEOPLE, MODELS, ROCK N ROLL BANDS, , SELF PORTRAITS, NEON LIGHTS, ABSTRACT/CUBISM IMAGES, THROUGHOUT MY CAREER.

THE BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN WITH A PENTAX MX 35 MM CAMERA WITH A 50 MM AND 35 MM WIDE ANGLE LENS MOST OF THE TIME.

I USED KODAK AND ILFORD 35MM BLACK AND WHITE FILM 100ASA TO 800ASA. THE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS WERE DONE MOSTLY ON KODACHROME, FUJICHROME SLIDE FILM AND ALSO ON KODAK 35MM COLOR FILM 100ASA TO 400ASA.