Steve Knapp, Photographer

Steve graduated from Dundee Central School, in the Finger Lakes Region of Western New York State, in 1961 and then left the area to attend college and graduate school. After living in Philadelphia for over 30 years, where he reared his three sons and operated a graphic design business, he moved back to the Finger Lakes in 2002. He and his friend Nancy now live in a new home on Knapp Road in Barrington, south of Penn Yan, New York, where they enjoy one of the premiere views of Keuka Lake and one of the finest views anywhere in the Finger Lakes.

The view of Keuka Lake from his home provided the motivation for his current interest in photographing the beauty of the Finger Lakes.

Steve’s photographs have appeared several times in Life In The Finger Lakes magazine, which ran a full feature of his photos in its Fall, 2004 issue. One of his photos of Hammondsport, N Y. is on the cover of its Fall, 2007 issue.

Steve’s photos can be viewed by appointment at his home studio (see below). Some of his work is on display at Browsers and Somers Art Studio in Hammondsport, Long’s Cards and Books and Earthworks Art Gallery in Penn Yan, Artizan's Art Gallery in Naples, the Heron Hill Winery on the West side of Keuka Lake and Veraizons Restaurant, at the Glenora Winery on the West side of Seneca Lake.

Steve's Finger Lakes photographs, available as matted, framed, or canvas prints in various sizes include those of Keuka Lake, Seneca Lake, and Canandaigua Lake, the Finger Lakes villages of Penn Yan, Hammondsport, Fairport and Seneca Falls, and Finger Lakes waterfalls, including Eggleston's Falls, Toughannock Falls, Ithaca Falls, Carpenter Falls, Lucifer Falls, Grimes Glen and Letchworth State Park . Steve's Travel Photography includes images from Maui, Ohau and the Big Island in Hawaii, and (to come) the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park, and Best Friends Animal Sancturary in Utah and Colorado.

Steve shows his photography at several Finger Lakes region art shows during the summer and fall. (Click here for schedule).

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