Welcome,

    Thank you for visiting this website of images from the Heart of the World. I have loved photography since my early teens. My initial efforts with black and white film in a double lens reflex, and the darkroom evolved into high saturation color slide work. With tricky in-camera special effects I strove to catch the "emanations" of a moment. From there, my work morphed again, this time into digital imagery. All the fancy techniques have shifted from in-camera to in-computer.

    My eye tends to go to the light, and the light is only perfect for a very short time. I love portraiture, wildlife*, landscape and abstract photography. My "day job" as an HIV/AIDS physician, my home in the Colorado Rockies, my summers in the British Columbia coastal waters, and my global adventures on the roads less traveled, have all brought me to unique photographic moments. My current work teaching doctors and nurses in Africa about AIDS care has let me witness and record exceptional images.

    There is a moment when we as humans behold incredible beauty in nature, the deep light in another's eyes or the excitement of the wild things, a moment when we feel a special stirring deep in our hearts. If an image gives its viewer this kind of feeling, the inner experience of the actual moment, then it is a successful image. May you feel this "spirit" in my work.

Enjoy, and stay in touch,

Charles Steinberg M.D.

*lions, mountain gorillas, elephants, leopards, giraffs, Crocodiles, hipos, african birds, and other safari moments.