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"Steve McQueen was admired for his ruggedness, his 'cool,' his individuality," says SFAE co-founder/director Theron Kabrich.

"What immediately jumps out at me about Barbara's stunning photographs of him is the sense of finding him fully in his element.

In seeing Steve with the things he cherished, the vintage motorcycles, collectible toys, airplanes, trucks and other old, worn and well loved objects, it's clear he was naturally drawn to things that exuded an authenticity comparable to his own.

It's fascinating to see such a famous persona portrayed in a private context, one so organic to who he really was." The approximately forty color images comprising the show at SFAE are culled from about 400 that Barbara McQueen shot during the time she spent with her late husband, among them ones set in locales including Trancas Beach in Malibu, the airfields in Santa Paula, Ketchum, Idaho and on the road.

Previously unpublished and unshown, many of the photos have never been seen outside of McQueen's family and friends, as Barbara has waited until now to share them with the public through an exhibition and book project she sees as a tribute to Steve.

They will be available for sale in limited editions of fifty signed & numbered 16" x 20" prints.

The photos are also featured in the just-released book "Steve McQueen: ...

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