About Doug Eng

Hi. My name is Doug Eng, a native and resident of Jacksonville, FL. My interest in photography started at Cornell University where I found the darkroom while studying Architecture and Civil Engineering. My career includes time as an engineer, software developer, and business owner.

I provide fine art images for businesses, healthcare facilities, and residences. All limited edition prints are  personally printed, signed, and professionally framed so you are assured to receive artwork of the finest archival quality. You can view my work at the Southlight Gallery, 100 N. Laura Street, in downtown Jacksonville. Southlight is an artist cooperative where I am a member. Or visit my studio nextdoor at 121 W. Forsyth.

I am also available for assignment or commission for projects. My specialties are urban and natural landscapes, architecture, and details.  The purpose of photography is to visually communicate a message. In being “your” photographer, my mission is to express your message with impact in a distinctive and graphically compelling way.  Whether it is photographing you, your services, your projects, your products, and/or your team, expect me to reveal characteristics of my subjects in unique ways to reflect your requirements.

I utilize all digital equipment and can produce and print high resolution images (up to 44″wide) at my studio. I employ the latest technology to provide the most effective image capture, post processing, and production capabilities for your project.  I do small assignments and have a flexible schedule. I turn projects around quickly and enjoy working collaboratively with others. Effective photography is your voice, let me help you use it in creative, cost-effective ways. I hope to hear from you soon. Thank you.

Artist Statement

My visual fascination with my surroundings, whether built or natural, comes from many years of trying to understand why things are what they are. An engineering discipline seeks to explain and rationalize the world, and to develop solutions to problems. My curiosity about forms, structures, patterns, rhythms, and textures, is a natural outgrowth of the need to find order in all things. But it is chaotic randomness that creates uniqueness and vitality. Our world is both simple and complex, structured and random, free and bound…all in a simultaneous expression of what IS. This is my realization through photography and these are the subjects of my investigations.

Resume

Education
1976 – BS, Cornell University, Civil Engineering/Architecture
1977 – M. Eng., Cornell University, Civil Engineering/Structures
1981 – M.B.A., University of North Florida, College of Business Administration, Finance

Photography Workshops
2006 – Tony Sweet, Fine Art Flower Photography, BetterPhoto.com
2006 – Tony Sweet, Image Design, BetterPhoto.com
2006 – Nancy Rotenberg, Photography and the Creative Process, Adirondack Photo Institute
2006 – Brenda Tharp, The Art of Nature Photography, The Maine Media Workshops
2006 – Freeman Patterson, Visual Design, Vancouver Photo Workshops
2007 – Norman McGrath, Chicago! A Master Class in Architectural Photography, The Maine Media Workshops
2007 – Charles Cramer, Digital Printing for the Fine Art Photographer, The Ansel Adams Gallery Workshops
2008 – Joe McNally, Lighting on Location, The Lepp Institute
2009 – John Paul Caponigro, Black and White Mastery, Caponigro Arts
2009 – John Paul Caponigro, Next Step Summit and Workshop, Caponigro Arts

Exhibitions
2008 – Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, juried selection, The Center for Fine Art Photography
2008 – Street Photography, juried selection, The Center for Fine Art Photography
2009 – Travels, Greenleaf Gallery, Art Walk Jacksonville
2009 – After Autumn, Southlight Gallery, Art Walk Jacksonville
2009 – City Views, Fogle Fine Art, Jacksonville
2010 – Elements of Water, juried selection, The Center for Fine Art Photography
2010 – Photography and the Art of Seeing, Fogle Artist Lecture Series, February 2010
2010 – A Walk in the Park, Southlight Gallery, Art Walk Jacksonville
2010 – Of This Earth, Southlight Gallery, Art Walk Jacksonville
2010 – At Water’s Edge, LAB Gallery – Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville
2010 – Imagination Squared!: A Creative Response Experiment– Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville
2010 – Art Squared: Imagination Squared Photographs, Southlight Gallery, Art Walk Jacksonville
2010 – The Art of Trees, juried selection, R Roberts Gallery, Jacksonville

Awards
2008 – Recognition Award from Cmdr. Muzzafar Khan, VS-31 Disestablishment Ceremony, NAS Jacksonville for Photographers for Freedom project
2010 – Vitality in the Arts Individual Artist Grant, Community Foundation in Jacksonville to fund an exhibition of prints for the Wing Lee Yuen Truck Farm

Publications
2007 – Wonderful West Virginia, January 2007 Gallery
2007 – NANPA Expressions, Showcase Winner
2008 – NANPA Expressions, Showcase Winner, Journal Winner
2007 – Florida Times Union, Creating Lasting Memories
2009 – Somerset Life Images, Winter 2009
2010 – The Atlantic, June 2010, The Little Black Piezoelectric Dress
2010 – Florida/Caribbean Architect, Spring 2010 – Cover and article
2010 – Arbus, September/October 2010 – 16 page insert and article
2010 – Arbus, November/December 2010, Art Squared: A Photographer’s View of Imagination Squared – 6 page photo essay

Professional Affiliations
Florida Board of Professional Engineers, Retired
NANPA – North American Nature Photographers Association
The Next Step – John Paul Caponigro Alumni Group