Our Manning Gallery Feature for November – December, 2025 is Stephen Sheffield. Stephen is a native of the Boston area, obtained his BFA in painting and mixed media from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. He went on to receive his MFA for photography and mixed media from the California College of the Arts in Oakland, CA.
Influenced by film noir, crime novels and the projected memories of past eras, Stephen has constructed iconic moments of mystery, ambiguity and male insecurity. Often the images depict Stephen’s displaced figure dressed in a suit standing, crouching, turning, walking or leaning. The figure will sometimes be blurred from movement, heightening the sense of surrounding stillness.
Stephen has exhibited nationally for over 30 years, and his block of black and white photography is represented in Boston by Panopticon Gallery and in L.A. and internationally by the Duncan Miller Gallery.
