By Stephen Bybee,Featured in COMO Magazine, July 2026 The ‘why?’ behind my photographic journey through Columbia. Over 25 years ago, I started photographing downtown Columbia in earnest. It was my dad who got me started in photography and who, on my 12th birthday, presented me with a Nikon film camera and a 50mm lens. For […]
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Exhibition: Being Here, Orr Street Studios & Gallery
Visit the gallery site Reception March 6, 6-9 PM
Stephen Bybee: Night Photography — Columbia Art League
View the exhibit On display in the hallway gallery at Central Bank of Boone County in downtown Columbia from January 6, 2026 – February 16, 2026
Into the night: Photographers keep watch in Columbia College exhibit
Show a little faith / There’s magic in the night Bruce Springsteen’s iconic rock ‘n’ roll poetry sums the devotion on display in a current exhibit at Columbia College. Three of our area’s most well-regarded photographers — Stephen Bybee, Kevin Dingman and Notley Hawkins — gather their images, together building a thorough portrait of mid-Missouri at night. […]
Stephen Bybee
Stephen Bybee is often a wanderer by night and has been for some 15 years. The photographer’s carefully composed black-and-white images of Columbia at nighttime have resulted in something of a historical time capsule for the city. In a new exhibit with photographer Tony Irons, Bybee is showing several of his photographs at Tellers Gallery […]