Steve Gottlieb’s images—from architecture to people to landscapes—have been featured in Shutterbug, Popular Photography, American Photo, Rangefinder, and Photo District News, among many others. He has been recognized with such awards as "Advertising Photograph of the Year" in both NYC and Washington, DC. He is the photographer—as well as author and designer—of six books, including American Icons, Washington: Portrait of a City, FLUSH: Celebrating Bathrooms Past & Present, and Abandoned America; the latter book was selected by both People magazine and USA Today as "Gift Book of the Year." Shutterbug has proclaimed Steve "a gifted photographer and author."

Steve has been leading workshops for more than a decade. American Photo magazine called Horizon, the workshop Steve founded, “One of the 12 Awesome Travel Workshops in the United States.” A graduate of Columbia University College and Law School, Steve practiced law for a decade before turning his life-long hobby into his vocation.