About Hannes Images
Meet Photographer Steven Hannes
Welcome
My interest in photography started as a youngster and by my teenage years I had a darkroom for developing black and white films and making prints. Early on, my camera was a Graflex Speed Graphic that accepted both sheet and roll film. After that, the cameras, which used film for slides and negatives, included double lens (120 mm) and single lens (35 mm), and were reflex or viewfinder. The early ones were strictly manual, although some had an exposure meter. Over time the cameras had the option of using “automatic” features commonplace today, although I rarely used “fully automatic”. Beginning in 2005, I switched from film to digital cameras, at first full frame reflex digital and then mirrorless (APSC and medium format).
This website displays images of a wide range of subjects taken in the USA and internationally. Travel — domestic and international, personal and professional — has been part of my life for decades. I have been fortunate to capture images in over half the USA states and almost 70 countries. As of going online in 2025, the galleries collectively have photos from about 10 states and over 30 countries.
The images now on the website are almost all from 2005 to the present and were taken using digital cameras. The contents will expand to include images of additional places and subjects and from earlier years in which I used film cameras. Among the additions will be street life and other images taken on slide film in the PRC in the early 1980’s.
I have for several years considered how to share, beyond my friends and family, my images. Hopefully, you will enjoy the selections currently on this website, as well as those that will be added over time.
Steven Hannes
hannesimages@gmail.com