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Phil Stekl
Photographer
Writer
Phil Stekl
Born in Middletown, Connecticut—the heart of the Connecticut River Valley—Phil was well-fostered by family and public schools. Finding early talent in two areas that would never pay the bills—photography and rowing—he ultimately took up finance. A national team run beforehand took him across the globe and yielded an Olympic silver medal. Following corporate stints in Hartford and Chicago, he settled in mountainous Austria with his rowing wife. Today, he writes, rows, answers the photography calling of his father, William F. Stekl, and follows the lives of his remarkable children.
William F. Stekl
A life-long resident of Middletown, Connecticut, William “Bill” Stekl served as a U.S. Navy Photographer during WWII and thereafter as cameraman and ultimately Chief Photographer for the Middletown Press. He was a member of the National Press Photographers Association; the Connecticut News Photographers Assoc., where he served as president in 1963; and the Connecticut Professional Photographers Assoc. He photographed as a stringer for the United Press International and Wide World Photos and was a multiple photo-award winner. In 1972, Bill Stekl co-authored, with Evan Hill, a book titled “The Connecticut River”. He died in Middletown in 1991.
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