Stephen Chalmers has worked as a Counselor to Severely Emotionally Disturbed children, worked as an Emergency Medical Technician, and taught gang children photography – informing his projects which deal with issues of loss. Chalmers has also been a contributor to five books, and has been in group and solo exhibitions throughout the US and also in Australia, Ireland, British Columbia, Thailand, England, South Africa, Spain, The Netherlands, and China. Stephen Chalmers was the NW Regional Chair for the Society for Photographic Education for two terms and was now serves as a member of the National Board of Directors (through 2020) for the same, and is currently a professor of Photography in Ohio. The work of Stephen Chalmers has been covered extensively by international media including National Public Radio (NPR), The BBC, The Huffington Post, Time Magazine, Pics Magazine (China), Vision Magazine (China), PhotoART Contemporary Photography Magazine (Thailand), and Stern (Germany).