I was born 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1957, my family relocated to the Washington, DC area where I attended public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. After high school I attended Montgomery College and The University of Maryland. I went on to study photography and fine art at The Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. I have attended as well as taught numerous photography workshops throughout my career. With the emergence of digital technology, I have been primarily self-taught. Photography and mediums such as painting, sculpture and print-making have always had an influence on how I perceive the world around me. Making photographs has been my passion since early childhood when I was gifted a Kodak reflex camera and darkroom developing kit. The journey began!Beginning in the late 1980s, my photographs began being professionally acknowledged and collected. They are included in numerous public, private and corporate collections in the United States and abroad. His photographs are held in the permanent collections of the former Corcoran Gallery of Art, The National Gallery of Art’s Archive Collection, The Oakland Museum of California and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History to name a few.From 2001 – 2016, I was a full-time Artist in Residence at The Torpedo Factory Art Center in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. I have been a member of The Torpedo Factory Artist’s Association from 2001 to the present.Since 2016, my wife, Lesley and I relocated to Sarasota, Florida. In addition to creating new work, I have conducted lectures on the craft and history of creative photography. I have also taught at OLLI (The Osher Life Long Learning Institute) at the Sarasota Museum of Art, which is affiliated with The Ringling College of Art and Design. Most recently, I have been exploring Florida’s unique environment of skies, landscapes and flora; always looking for unique ways of depicting the familiar. I never stop looking beyond the obvious.
Craig Sterling was born 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1957, the Sterling family relocated to the Washington, DC area where Craig attended public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. Sterling attended Montgomery College and The University of Maryland. He went on to study photography and fine art at The Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. Craig has attended as well as taught numerous photography workshops throughout his career. With the emergence of digital technology, Craig has been primarily self-taught. Photography and mediums such as painting, sculpture and print-making have always had an influence on how Sterling perceives the world around him. Making photographs has been Craig’s passion since early childhood when his parents gifted him a Kodak reflex camera and darkroom developing kit. The journey began!Beginning in the late 1980s, Sterling’s photographs began to be professionally acknowledged and collected. They are included in numerous public, private and corporate collections in the United States and abroad. His photographs are held in the permanent collections of the former Corcoran Gallery of Art, The National Gallery of Art’s Archive Collection, The Oakland Museum of California and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History to name a few.From 2001 – 2016, Craig was a full-time Artist in Residence at The Torpedo Factory Art Center in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. He has been a member of The Torpedo Factory Artist’s Association from 2001 to the present.Since 2016, Craig and his wife, Lesley, relocated to Sarasota, Florida. In addition to creating new work, he has conducted lectures on the craft and history of creative photography. Craig has also taught at OLLI (The Osher Life Long Learning Institute) at the Sarasota Museum of Art, which is affiliated with The Ringling College of Art and Design.Most recently, Sterling is exploring Florida’s unique environment of skies, landscapes and flora; always looking for unique ways of depicting the familiar. Craig never stops looking beyond the obvious.
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