Dougan took his first photograph in 1958. Since that time he has clicked the shutter on many different cameras. He currently works in all formats of film and Digital SLR. Dougan began serious photography in High School on the yearbook and newspaper staff. He attended Pima Community College majoring in Fine Arts. His professors believed he had a talent for photography and encouraged him to transfer to the U of A. In his sophomore year he transferred to the University of Arizona and was accepted into postgraduate photography classes. After working as a commercial wedding photographer, a sports newspaper photographer and a camera man for a local television station, he then returned to the University of Arizona to pursue an Engineering degree. This resulted in a twenty three year career in engineering that placed photography in a part time “hobby” status, until recently. Now that the responsibility of raising children has passed, he has returned to photography with an urgency to make up for irretrievable time. He feels that photography must be from the heart if it is to be an art form.
