ABOUT

Steve Dreyer is a fine art photographer based in New York City and Eastern Long Island.  He has worked with traditional film and digital processing for over 30 years. He speaks and writes passionately about composing what he calls “Urbanscapes” – images of and inside cities, landscapes, and street photographs. He also creates composites, in which he combines multiple images that reflect his artistic vision of a scene, real or imagined.

The “Urbanscapes” series of photographs have a special, non-photographic painterly feel to them. They are created by composing a photograph and then adding texture using a digital “pen” on a drawing tablet. The printing technique employs archival pigment inks on textured paper to add a special look and feel to the images.

See Urbanscape images here.

Steve published his New York City black and white images in a fine art photography book, entitled “New York Light & Shadow.” The 12” x 12” dust cover and linen wrapped edition is available in bookstores and galleries with Gallery 71 hosting a book signing on October 5, 2021 to accompany 30 limited edition, framed prints available for viewing and purchase. The very special and popular black and white images are iconic and moody in nature.

The book can be “flipped through” online with this link:

New York Light & Shadow

Dreyer’s work is regularly shown in group, solo, and juried exhibits including the Artists Alliance of East Hampton, the Works Gallery and Gallery 71 in New York City, and the Upstream Gallery in Hastings, New York. He is a contributor to photography publications and enjoys educating groups and individuals. Dreyer is affiliated with several important arts organizations, including the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). In 2018 he served as a judge for the respected Armonk Art Show (recently selected as the second-best art show in the US).

“Room & Board” in East Hampton, 7/26/2025
“The Visual Space” at Ashawagh Hall, 6/27 - 6/29/2025
“The Artist’s Perspective” at the Salmagundi Club, 11/5 - 11/15/2024
“New York City Icons” at Gracie Mansion, 4/8 - 5/2/2024
November through January 2024 shows at Gallery71, Works Gallery
”New York City”, The Affordable Art Fair, The Metropolitan Building, NYC
”Works”, Watermill Museum, 7/2023 - 8/2023
”Montauk on the Green”, 8/2023
“New York City in Black and White”, Gallery71, 2016 - Current
“New York and Paris”, Works Gallery, (11/17 - 2/28/22)
“New York Light & Shadow”, Gallery 71 (10/5 - 10/30/2021), book signing
“Images of New York”, Loupe Digital, (to be announced)
“Holiday Show”, Gallery 71 (12/19 through 2/20)
“I Love New York” Gallery 71 Summer Show (beginning June 27, 2019)
“Light and Shadow”, The Works Gallery, New York (through June 2019)
"Horizons", Artists Alliance of East Hampton, NY, 2018
"Inspired by Rothko", Works Gallery, New York, NY 2018
"New York Urbanscapes", Gallery 71, New York, NY, 2017-2018
"Points of View from the Circle", Upstream Gallery, Hastings, NY, 2017
"Presence of Light", Works Gallery, New York, NY, 2016
”Urbanscapes”, Gallery 71, New York, NY, 2015-2016
”Images of Asia”, Westchester Community College, NY, 2015
"Photography Takes Over", Upstream Gallery, Hastings, NY, 2015
"Photography History and Process", Carriage Barn Arts Center, CT, 2015
"A Textured New York", Riverfront Gallery, Yonkers, NY 2014
"Urbanscapes", Works Gallery, New York, NY, 2014
"New York Reimagined", Marina Yashina Gallery, Cold Spring, NY 2014
"Transform the Norm", The Library Gallery, Ossining, NY 2014
"Here, There, and Everywhere Else", Riverfront Gallery, Yonkers, NY 2013
"Here, There, and Everywhere" at The Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY 2013
"Tranquility" at Wells Fargo Bank, Rhinebeck, NY 2013
"Photographers on Location", The Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY 2012
"Occupy Wall Street", International Center for Photography, 2012
"Living Color", Riverwinds Gallery, Beacon, NY, 2012
"Tis More Than Just Green", Yonkers, NY, 2012
"Depot Art Exhibit", Artist's Association Exhibit, Montauk, Long Island, 2011
"Member Exhibit", Ashawahg Hall, 2011
"These Streets I Walk", The Schoolhouse Gallery, 2010
"On the Green", Montauk Juried Art Show, 2010
"Person to Person", Westchester Council on the Arts, 2010
"Member Exhibits", Guild Hall of East Hampton, NY, 2008 - 2010
"Editor Selection", National Geographic Magazine, 2009

Leica Society International
American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) 
East End Photographers Group
Montauk Artists Association
Judge for the Armonk Art Show
Red Circle PhotoArts, LLC (founder of this photographer's collective)
Westchester Council on the Arts
The Schoolhouse Theater and Gallery (Board Member)
Rye Arts Center
Croton Artists Association 
National Association of Photoshop Professionals