Steve Mann opened Black Box Photography in 2001 as a full service commercial photography studio in the historic West Asheville Bank building. Steve received his BFA in photography and art history from the University of Arizona in 1992 and returned to his hometown of Asheville to start his professional photography career. He has been photographing artwork for reproduction for over 20 years and has helped countless artists and craftspeople get into juried exhibits, professional organizations and graduate school with images of their art. Steve has also done extensive editorial photography for magazines such as Explore!, WNC, Thread, Carolina Home & Garden and Verve.