Steve Alterman is a nature photographer living in Duck, North Carolina. Recent publication credits include three regional best selling books of photographic art, Outer Banks Edge, Kauai Edge (with Hawaiian photographer Scott Hanft) and Coastal Wild (with Outer Banks photographer Mark Buckler. Outer Banks Edge was named the best photographic/art book of 2003 at the national DIY Book Festival.  In addition, Steve’s photographs have appeared in Arizona Highways magazine, Hawaii Magazine and The Edge Outer Banks. His entries earned him either first place or grand prize recognition in Hawaii Magazine’s photo contests in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, and his poster of the interior of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse was selected for display in Washington, D.C.’s Corcoran Gallery of Art.  In addition, two of his images are displayed in the permanent art collection of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C.  Several international calendar companies have used his photographs and his work appears in several private photographic art collections.

photo by Gayle Tiller