Biography: 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. His extensive teaching experience includes various teaching positions in the Twin Cities and numerous workshops around the world including Ireland, Peru and Guatemala. He is the past President of the Board of Directors of the Midwest Media Artists Access Center and currently an Adjunct Professor of Art at Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and also teaches for the University of Minnesota, Compleat Scholar program.
A McKnight Photography Fellowship in 1991 to photograph Sacred Sites of the Lakota Indians in the Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota led to his current work photographing in Sacred Places around the world, also partially funded by a McKnight Grant. In 1998 Doug received a Jerome Travel Study grant to photograph how the sacred is incorporated into everyday life of rural Japan. This led to the publication of his first book “Japan, A Nisei’s First Encounter”. His most recent grant is a McKnight Fellowship to photofraph disappearing green space around the country.
Both his personal and commercial work have been exhibited nationally and published internationally. Doug is also the founder and director of Vision Quest Photographic Arts Center, which provides photo workshops emphasizing vision and personal expression over camera technique. 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 Thich Nhat Hanh, Jimi Hendrix and the Dalai Lama
E mail: doug@Vqphoto.com
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