A photography/journalism major at Los Angeles City College, Douglas began his professional career while a student as a production still photographer for Norman Lear Productions, and Trump Films in Hollywood, CA. In 1982 Warner Bros. Studios booked Douglas to document the original set designs by futurist Syd Mead for Ridley Scotts’ sci-fi epic “Blade Runner.” In 1984 he was hired as the in-house photographer for Italian designer Antonio Giuseppe and the campaign photographer for the Jesse Jackson Presidential Campaign. By the summer of ’84 he was on assignment for ABC Sports covering the Olympics in Los Angeles.
Over his 30 year career he has photographed such notables as comediennes George Carlin and Joan Rivers, the “First Lady of Theater” Helen Hayes, Heavyweight Boxing Champion Evander Holyfield, writer Henry Miller, supermodels Kim Alexis and Beverly Johnson, Blues legend Bo Diddley, Academy Award winning composers Henri Mancini and Randy Newman, golf legend Arnold Palmer, and most recently His Excellency Said T. Jawad, the Afghan Ambassador to the United States.
Douglas is a photographer without a specialty and considers himself a “journeyman with a camera.” His work effortlessly crosses all photography boundaries from advertising to portraiture to fine art and photojournalism. In 2009 his exhibition schedule includes a solo exhibition at the Lake Eustis Museum of Art in June, a group exhibition at the Naples Museum of Art in July, and a second solo exhibition at the Albin Polasek Museum in October.