Stephen Bybee has been a resident of Columbia since 1995. In 1994 Stephen graduated from Westminster College with a degree in English and then moved to Colorado for a year to serve as a volunteer for the US Forest Service. Upon returning to Columbia, Stephen studied art and photography at Columbia College and at Mizzou and spent much of his free time documenting downtown Columbia at night, and rural Missouri by day. Stephen currently serves as the project director for Missouri Conservation Corps, an environmental nonprofit started in 2021, where he helps to promote and lead the group’s mission-related activities in the Columbia area. Besides serving as Project Director for Missouri Conservation Corps, Stephen is also president of the Columbia Historic Preservation Commission, is a member of the Columbia Tree Board, is vice president of the County House Branch Neighborhood Association, and is an active volunteer for groups such as Missouri River Relief, True/False Film Festival, Access Arts School of Service, Boone County History and Culture Center, and the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri. Stephen is truly committed to the power of volunteers to positively benefit and transform our community. When he has free time Stephen enjoys photography, reading, running on an amateur level, and researching and preserving the history of Columbia and of central Missouri. Stephen has a website for his nighttime photography called stephenbybee.com.
Stephen Bybee Photography