Steven or Simko to friends—first became interested in photography at fifteen, when he noticed a point of purchase display of a girl in a yellow bikini holding a Minolta 110 Weathermatic underwater camera. Intrigued, and perhaps hoping to meet some real girls in yellow bikinis, young Steven walked into that South Carolina camera shop and asked to be taught simply "everything about cameras." They hired him on the spot.
From there, Steven took his newfound photo skills to his school’s yearbook staff—where he was promptly let go for taking some silly photos (wink, wink). Unfazed, he continued his pursuits of photographing beautiful girls (preferably those in bikinis) throughout his high school and college careers.
Eventually, Steven left the South—but not his southern charm!—and moved to California. Then to London. Then to New York City. In New York, he began photographing celebrities, his first assignment coming from the fashion bible itself: Vogue. Nowadays, Steven specializes in pretty pictures of beautiful women, wearing beautiful clothes—and sometimes, even bikinis. He’s photographed tons of interesting people including Katie Holmes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Debra Messing, Adele, Sofia Vergara and Kirsten Dunst for notable publications such as Vogue, InStyle, Fitness and Allure.
Steven balances his work life with a passion for mastering David Chang's "Momofuku" cookbook and trying to better his single digit handicap on the golf course.
Steven is currently based in Hollywood, California and is still searching for that "yellow bikini."