STEVEN R. TABOR
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    • Projecting Origami
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    • The Rolling Stones' Tongue
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                         Photography


    Always the beautiful answer
    who asks a more beautiful question.

                   
                                                                          --E.E. Cummings

ABOUT ME

 Thank you for visiting my web site.

I use photography to visualize ideas. The
result is a mix of stories, both my own and of those who are in front of the camera. The starting point for these stories is the questions that I pose and the answers that the photographs convey.

I mainly use portraiture to depict emotions and challenge norms. People are the most fascinating subjects for me because each person has so many different aspects to look at. Each person's gaze, body, and movement tell about their history, personality, feelings, emotions, and hidden side. Photographing people is also a way of preserving memory, of finding the space where thoughts and expressions intersect, and of demonstrating how much beauty there is in who we are.

My photo series are equal parts pre-visualization and inspiration. Sometimes I come across a group of people whose story literally jumps out of what they are doing at that moment in time. Other times, I work out an idea with friends or models whose expression, mood, props, poses and lighting combine to tell a story.

I'm inspired by music and other forms of art, and use my photography to tell the visual stories of jazz musicians, body painters, tattoo artists, and many others who are engaged in their own creative processes. Using staged photos, I also create photographic satire to comment on social issues.

Projection photography is another special interest. I shoot portraits of subjects wrapped in images projected onto them in a darkened room. The result is an imagined reality where the
subject and the projected photos collide and ultimately combine---often in unexpected ways.

Born in Baltimore in 1958, I've traveled around the world for many years and now live in the Netherlands. Being from someplace else is a starting point for my photography because I'm intrigued by and am always questioning what I see.

Over the years, I've entered a few photo contests and had the honor of being selected as a finalist in the Ed van der Elsken Lust for Life photo competition of the Nederlands Fotomuseum in 2019.

In addition to the photos, a set of downloadable children's bedtime stories are also posted on this site. These were created in the 1990s, when our children were very small, and were then transformed into proper illustrated stories for our granddaughter in 2020.  

Please contact me if you have any questions or comments. I can be reached at stevetfoto@gmail.com. 

A number of the photos are also available to viewing at my Flickr and Instagram sites which can be reached via: ​

https://linktr.ee/StevenrTabor

Hope you enjoy,

Steven R. Tabor

Picture

 Noh mask: Yasse-onna  

Picture
        Pierced, Amsterdam Tattoo Convention

PORTFOLIO

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  • Pétanque                                                               
  • ​Joy  
  • We live here
  • Photos of Others
  • Jazz now                                              
  • Dancing the night away
  • Kampong
  • On Safari
  • 3 October
  • Fun Swim Run
  • Forbidden Pleasures
  • My Early Years
  • Let their voices be heard
  • Pure light abstracted
  • Wild Tales of Serendib
  • Homage to The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp
  • Celebrating Rembrandt
  • Landings
  • Less is More
  • Inked
  • Girl and a cane
  • The bird people
  • Hold the Line
  • The Waking Hours Before Dawn
  • 'Scapes
  • M in the House
  • Sofa Sofa
  • Hands Off
  • Tulip Twins
  • Bars
  • Sanity
  • The Long Kiss Goodbye
  • Sunset Beach
  • Lakeside
  • Bouzigues Remembered
  • Greece 1973
  • Projecting Skin Deep
  • Projecting Decorations
  • Projecting Illusions
  • Projecting Words and Bodies
  • Stairs
  • Unsuitable
  • Veiled
  • Endurance
  • Pulp Fictioned
  • Repetition
  • Creation
  • Bed, Boots & Bath
  • Relaxing
  • Natural Light Portraits
  • Unwrapped
  • Lovebirds
  • Pieces
  • Projecting Nature
  • Murals
  • Splatter
  • Stay-at-home
  • Dafne in the Mirror
  • Outtakes
 
  • Garden variety
  • Outsiders painting large
  • Streetview weddings
  • Hanging out
  • Marching to prosperity
  • I was there
  • Groovin
  • Pokémon GO
  • Fooled me
  • Markets
  • In the bathroom
  • The haunting of Rogers Forge
  • Conflict
  • Cap Go Mei Zumba
  • I am Sri Lankan
  • Honfest 
  • Pride
  • Painting bodies
  • Mia
  • Noir et Blanc en Couleur
  • Poses
  • Send in the Clowns
  • Picture Frames for People: Vic Sitting Pretty
  • Bathing
  • Ode to the Vegans
  • Big Fish
  • Lekker Lezen
  • Guitar Muse
  • Reflections
  • Bear Necessities
  • Corona Spring
  • Anahí: In the Wind 
  • Anahí: Recumbent
  • Projections
  • Projections Volume 2
  • Projecting Malevich
  • Projecting Escher
  • Projecting Leger, Miro & Polock
  • Projecting Mondrian
  • Projecting Mandala
  • Projecting Kandinsky and Rothko
  • Projecting Mondrian on Zoi
  • Veiled II
  • Soul Sisters
  • A Woman Within
  • Fall Colors
  • O'Keeffe Re-imagined
  • The Rolling Stones' Tongue
  • Mask in the Mirror
  • Freestyle
  • Showerscapes
  • Mirror, Mirror
  • Projecting Origami
  • Minding the Store
  • Blond on Blond
  • Hot & Cold
  • That Scene
  • Dafne on the Vine
  • Headshots

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    • Fun Swim Run
    • Forbidden Pleasures
    • Garden variety
    • Outsiders Painting Large
    • Streetvew Weddings
    • Hanging out
    • Marching to prosperity
    • I was there
    • Groovin
    • Pokémon GO
    • Fooled me
    • Markets
    • In the bathroom
    • I am Sri Lankan
    • The haunting of Rogers Forge
    • My early years
    • Conflict
    • Let their voices be heard
    • Pure light abstracted
    • Chap Go Mei Zumba
    • Wild Tales of Serendib
    • HONfest
    • Homage to the Anatomy Lesson
    • Celebrating Rembrandt
    • Pride
    • Painting bodies
    • Landings
    • Mia
    • Less is More
    • Inked
    • Noir et Blanc en Couleur
    • Girl and a cane
    • Poses
    • The bird people
    • Send in the Clowns
    • Picture Frames for People
    • Hold the Line
    • The Waking Hours Before Dawn
    • Bathing
    • 'Scapes
    • Ode to the Vegans
    • M in the House
    • Sofa Sofa
    • Big Fish
    • Lekker Lezen
    • Hands Off
    • Guitar Muse
    • Tulip Twins
    • Reflections
    • Bars
    • Bear Necessities
    • Sanity
    • Corona Spring
    • The Long Kiss Goodbye
    • Anahí: In the Wind
    • Sunset Beach
    • Projections
    • Anahí: Recumbent
    • Projections Volume 2
    • Projecting Malevich
    • Projecting Escher
    • Projecting Skin Deep
    • Projecting Léger, Miró & Pollock
    • Projecting Decorations
    • Projecting Mondrian
    • Projecting Mandala
    • Projecting Illusions
    • Projecting Words and Bodies
    • Projecting Kandinsky and Rothko
    • Projecting Mondrian on Zoi
    • Endurance
    • Soul Sisters
    • A Woman Within
    • Unsuitable
    • Stairs
    • Veiled
    • Veiled II
    • Fall Colors
    • Pulp Fictioned
    • Lakeside
    • Creation
    • Bed, Boots & Bath
    • Mask in the Mirror
    • Relaxing
    • Freestyle
    • Natural Light Portraits
    • Showerscapes
    • Unwrapped
    • Mirror, Mirror
    • Pieces
    • Projecting Nature
    • Projecting Origami
    • O'Keeffe Reimagined
    • The Rolling Stones' Tongue
    • Repetition
    • Minding the Store
    • Lovebirds
    • Greece 1973
    • Bouzigues Remembered
    • Murals
    • Blond on Blond
    • Splatter
    • Hot & Cold
    • Stay-at-Home
    • That Scene
    • Dafne in the Mirror
    • Dafne on the Vine
    • Outtakes
    • Headshots
  • Environmental Portraiture
  • Projection Portraiture
  • Conceptual Photography
  • Art Nude
  • Stories
  • Contact