Swimmers Kaleidoscope Series, Image #3 - Limited Edition 3 of 25 Photograph

For nearly five decades Steve Hix’s photographic path has evolved along with his subject matter. He began working in news and documentary photography in the late 1960’s, shooting anti-war protests for the Associated Press, Time and Newsweek. In 1974 he joined a very large commercial studio located in Kansas City where he learned many of the intricacies of studio lighting. In 1980 Steve started Steve Hix Photography where he expanded into location assignments in addition to operating a 4,000 square foot studio space in downtown KC. He grew his business quickly and his client list began to include major national corporate, fashion, product and advertising companies. He moved his operations to Austin, TX in 1983 where he focused on the top technological companies of the world. After working six days a week for two years straight Steve closed his studio in 1988 to travel around the world for a year to refresh his vision. He returned with over 150,000 stock photographs that still sell today. He opened a new studio upon his return in Kansas City, but began focusing on national and international location assignments. His business boomed and he was soon being featured in the top design and photography magazines in the world. His client list began to look like the “Who’s Who” list of the top corporations and advertising agencies in the world. In 1996 Steve moved his photography business to San Francisco where he continued to work on assignments worldwide. He won many national and international awards over the next decade as he photographed in over 70 countries on assignments. In 2001 he moved to Los Angeles to work with Corbis, where he began shooting very high end, production oriented stock photography. He left Corbis in 2004 to move back to Austin, TX where he started his own brand of stock specializing in the Hispanic lifestyle market. Over the next six years he built the brand, Somos, to become the highest quality Hispanic stock brand in the world. In 2010 he sold Somos to Bill Gates’ private company, Corbis Images, and moved to Colorado to continue his fine art career.