Steve Elkins is an award winning photographer, musician, writer and documentary filmmaker, whose work has involved filming in sandstorms in the driest desert on Earth, dodging cracking ice with Siberian physicists on the frozen surface of the world’s deepest lake (to study the microscopic structure of space-time), searching for a singing dog halfway around the world, and filming by candlelight half a mile under the earth. His work been presented in over 20 countries via television, film festivals, universities and art galleries, including a permanent exhibition of his work with Western Arrernte Aborigines at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Elkins had a diverse career as a private investigator, a Venetian gondolier, a touring composer / musician, and a freelance photographer for the Los Angeles Times. His account of being asked to lead a riot in the largest slum in Asia - "The Grammar of Fire" - was published by Ad Astra books. In his spare time, Elkins serves as a film production mentor for at-risk youth in southern California public schools, through the Youth Cinema Project founded by Edward James Olmos. He is currently is a featured contributor to American Book Review.
