Douglas Beasley’s personal vision explores the spiritual and emotional aspects of people and place and is concerned with how the sacred is recognized and expressed in everyday life. 

After receiving a BFA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Doug worked for several prominent commercial photo studios as a photo assistant and darkroom slave. Both helped him develop an appreciation for attention to detail and technical proficiency, but left him longing for artistic self-expression. He then opened his own studio in Minneapolis, MN, emphasizing commercial and editorial fashion. As a strong feminist, he considers himself the world’s most unlikely fashion photographer, but greatly enjoyed the creativity and spontaneity of fashion photography. This evolved into shooting extensively throughout the country and internationally for various advertising, educational, public service, and non-profit clients. Doug currently works on fine-art-based commercial projects around the world.

Much of Doug’s personal work is supported by grants and commissions and is widely exhibited and collected. He is the owner and publisher of Shots Magazine, a quarterly independent journal of fine-art photography, now in its 32nd year of publication. Doug continues to explore the notion of what is sacred in his photography and in his life. He lives in a small passive solar home surrounded by rocks and trees in Saint Paul, MN, and when not out traveling the world, he can be found tending his Japanese gardens or enjoying a strong cup of coffee while listening to loud music. Personal heroes include Jimi Hendrix, the Dalai Lama, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and whoever invented the espresso machine.