Jon's Bio
Jon Steele was born in San Antonio and grew up surfing the Gulf Coast until the age 20 residing in Corpus christi. After securing his Junior college art interest at Del Mar College where he found a nack for painting as well as drawing he moved onto greener pasture and bigger waves.. Photography was introduced and thus sparked an interest in him to make a career at it. Moving to beautiful Santa Barbara to finish his BA in photography at the esteemed Brooks Institute of Photography, he was inspired by the right hand point waves and beautiful landscapes to push the envelope of surf art!15 years after his first interest in photography Mr. Steele has come around full circle with his art incorporating photography, sculpting and painting to bring the feeling of places he has traveled into one relevant piece at a time! Mr. Steele secures his traveling lifestyle by Photo Editing California's Surf Magazine SurfShot and selling his work to the industries top companies as well as contributing to the top surf publications around the world. Many of his globe trotting excursions include off the beaten path ventures of Jamaica, Alaska, Indonesia, Italy, Fiji and Panama. Some of his most recent works can be viewed in the New York Times as well as Surfline.com and Surfer Magazine's Big Issue.
Visit webiste www.jonsteelephoto.com.
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Thu, May 29 | 05:20pm
Amazing shots Steele!! Great work!
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