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Lee Steffen  is an American photographer, creative director, designer, composer, songwriter and artist. He is the founder of Steffen Studio, a boutique branding agency in Nashville. Steffen has worked with Maya Angelou, The Johnny Cash Museum, Random House, Capital Records, MTV Networks, Anaheim Ducks, To Write Love on Her Arms, United Way, and numerous Grammy Award-winning artists. He is a former non-profit founder and world traveler.

Photography
Steffen is a long-standing artistic collaborator with musicians TobyMac, Chris Tomlin, and author, filmmaker, rapper MK Asante.

As a photographer and art director, Steffen has collaborated with numerous music acts, including: Jars of Clay, Chris Tomlin , Third Day, Hollyn , Newsboys, TobyMac     , Family Force 5, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jaci Velasquez, Jeremy Camp, Casting Crowns, Selah, CeCe Winans, The Isaacs, Ryan Stevenson, David Phelps, Ginny Owens, Fireflight, Bebo Norman, Kutless, Josh Wilson, Capital Kings, Danny Gokey, The Gaither Vocal Band and many others.

Creative Direction
Steffen's has created ollaborated for and creative direction has spanned across industries

Lectures and essays
Steffen has spoken and performed in over 10 countries, and has delivered distinguished keynote addresses at Design Thinkers, Creative Mornings, Circles Conference, Art Institute and corporations including Capital Records and Integrity Music.

Music
As a musical artist, Steffen has released two full-length albums and numerous singles. Steffen's debut album, Perfect Melody, was released on October 25, 2005. CCM Magazine wrote:"'Steffen is nearly a one-man machine, masterminding most of what makes up Perfect Melody. He wrote seven of the album's 12 tracks, co-wrote two others, and plays guitar and piano throughout. He also served as the art director and graphic designer for the project's excellent packaging, and even designed the record's website. With a little help from his friends, including Matt Wertz, Matt Mangano (John Mayer) and producer Steve Wilson (The Juliana Theory, The Class of 98), Lee Steffen's 'Perfect Melody' is an indie record that doesn't sound like an indie record..'"In 2015, Steffen produced and co-wrote "Hungry and Foolish" for MK Asante's Buck: Original Book Soundtrack. Okayplayer wrote:."'Delivering realism as vivid as Nas‘ work on the seminal Illmatic LP, MK Asante has managed to churn out one of the most moving and visually brilliant rap projects to land in quite some time.'"

Education
Steffen studied industrial design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He later received an MBA at the University of Illinois with an emphasis in branding and advertising.

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Published works
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Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
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