Superbeauty

The name J. Stephen Hicks is synonymous with quality and excellence in photography. At the age of 19, Hicks purchased his first camera. Immediately, as he likes to explain, "I found my first true love." He spent his last year at Colorado University taking only art and photography classes, before realizing a more serious photography program was what he needed. He then moved out to California and began classes at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. Just as Hicks had a passion for nature's beauty, he also possessed a deep affinity for the beauty of women, which led him to a studio manager job at Playboy. There he worked for such great photographers as Phillip Dixon, Richard Fegley, Ken Marcus, and Arny Freytag. Soon, J. Stephen Hicks the glamour photographer was born.