Doug Beasley
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Candles, Guatemala
Dog in Cemetary
Dock
Guatemala Man 1
Guatemala Man 2
Machine Guns
Grandmother's Hands
Man at Funeral
Procession
Cindy
Sky, Guatemala
Doug Beasley received a BFA from the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he also studied Eastern Religions
and Native American culture. In 1984, after several years as a photo
assistant and darkroom slave, he opened his own photo studio in
Minneapolis emphasizing commercial and editorial fashion. He currently
shoots throughout the country for various advertising, educational,
public service and non-profit clients.
Doug is the founder and director of Vision Quest Photo Workshop
Center, emphasizing vision and personal expression over camera mechanics.
He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art
and Design and the University of Minnesota, Compleat Scholar program.
Doug’s personal work has explored definitions of the sacred,
including a body of work entitled, “Sacred Sites of the Lakota
Indians” in the Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota.
This seminal work has led to a project photographing “Sacred
Sites” around the world. This has evolved into an ongoing
photographic investigation of a more personal definition of ‘sacred’.
In 1999 he published his first book, “Japan, A Nisei’s
First Encounter”, exploring how the sacred is incorporated
into everyday life of Japan. Both his personal and commercial work
have been exhibited nationally, published internationally and supported
by numerous fellowships, including a 2002 McKnight Foundation Photographic
Fellowship for his current work exploring disappearing green space
across the country.
He lives in a small wooden house in St. Paul, surrounded by trees,
where he works on tending his Japanese gardens. He is a lover of
late night discussions and very strong morning coffee.
Personal heroes include Jimi Hendrix and the Dalai Lama.
Web site: beasleyphotography.com
E mail: doug@beasleyphotography.com
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