Stephen Coan, a Philadelphia PA based artist and adventurer. He's a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art, where he studied photo and film. After college, acting upon a suggestion from photographer Burt Corman, he apprenticed under Seymour Mednick, a disciple of Alexi Brodovich of the Bauhaus.

As an adventurer, he has taken his still and motion cameras throughout North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. He is a retired semi-pro downhill mountain bike racer, an accomplished ice climber, rock climber, mountaineer, backpacker, sea kayaker and has also sailed and crewed on historic tall ships.

His personal work has been mostly archivally toned silver gelatin prints but since 2004 his main personal project has been a large series of allegorical manipulated clouds printed as archival color pigment prints. Throughout the years his work has been represented nationally and internationally in many solo and group shows and is contained in many public and private collections.

He has worked commercially for many fortune 500 companies with international recognition in both Communication Arts and Graphis and has received three Philly Gold Awards. He was an associate producer on an award winning indie feature film "My Best Friends Wife" starring John Stamos and Daniel London. One of his clients writes, Stephen Coan captures both people & still life for advertising, editorial, corporate, and fine art. His images capture the spirit of his subjects with style, substance and story that is uniquely his own. Pennsylvania PA Professional Photographer Photography Photos Photo Advertising Scenic Travel Prints available for sale fine art landscape rock ice climbing outdoor people New Jersey