A nature and natural history photographer for more the 30 years, Jim Steinberg owns and operates the Portfolio Collection, Ltd. a stock photography studio and fine art gallery located in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He is also the chief executive officer for Portfolio Publications, Inc., a regional publishing company specializing in calendars, books, and note cards. As a contract photographer for Animals/Animals and Photo Researchers in New York, he photographs wild places, environmental issues, national parks, and monuments. His in-house stock library contains over 100,000 images in both 35mm and 4X5 format, many of which can be viewed on this website and www.agpix.com.

Steinberg received a Bachelor of Science degree in English from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Arts in English from the University of Oregon.

He has organized and managed the "National Geographic Photography Workshops" and taught photography workshops for The Center for Nature Photography for nine years. He has also taught at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs. Jim currently teaches workshops for the Friends of Arizona Highways.

Magazine credits include National Geographic, Life, Newsweek, Sierra Club, U.S. News and World Report, National Parks, Audubon, Nature's Best and Nature Conservancy. Commercial clients include Microsoft, Ramada, United Way, Children's Television Workshop, WNET, American Museum of Natural History, The Wall Street Journal and numerous others. His books include The White Rabbit and other Delights (Pomegranate Press), and Colorado Less Traveled, Journeys off the Beaten Path, (Portfolio Publications).

His work and publications have won numerous awards, including the Gold Medal (the last three years) from the Calendar Marketing Association for his A Year in Colorado calendars. He is one of only 6 photographers in the United States to be a participating artist with the Friends of Art in Embassies at the United States Department of State.

He is a charter member of the North American Nature Photography Association, and is active in a variety of community service programs. Currently, he serves as an advisor for the Carpe Diem Fund, and is on the Dean's Advisory Council at Colorado Mountain College. Steinberg also serves as a Trustee for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and The Lowell Whiteman School, among others.

Since 1975, he has lived and worked in Steamboat Springs, Colorado with his wife, Karolynn and their daughter, Sarah.

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