Bill Owens Color Photography
American, b. 1938
Bill Owens was born and raised in California. After volunteering in the Peace Corps he picked up photography and began his journey as a documentarian. While living in Livermore, California, in the late 1960s, he worked as a photographer for the local newspaper. He became increasingly interested in the suburban areas that became heavily populated after WWII.
Owens started photographing middle-class America and would eventually publish a best-selling book, Suburbia, in 1972. Suburbia is considered one of the most important photography books to date. He went on to publish three more books, Our Kind of People, Working and Leisure, focusing on the suburbanites of America.
Owens was the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, which he received in 1976.
Between working commercially and on personal photographic projects, he opened a brewery in California in 1983 and became so enamored with craft beer that he founded the American Distilling Institute and American Brewer magazine.
The photographs of Bill Owens are highly sought after and can be found in private and public collections such as the Getty Museum, Modern Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.
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Artist: Bill Owens
New Suburbia, Hayward (Weed Wacker), from New Suburbia
By Bill Owens
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 5
Signed, titled, and numbered in black ink on print verso.
Series: New Suburbia
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We don't have to conform, from Suburbia
By Bill Owens
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10
Signed on print verso by Bill Owens
Paper size: 16 x 19 1/2 in. Image size: 15 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.
Series: Suburbia
Bill Owens was born and raised in California. After v...
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1970s Post-Modern Bill Owens Color Photography
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C Print
Do Coke, Los Angeles, CA
By Bill Owens
Located in Denton, TX
"After work we change clothes, redo our makeup, do some coke and go dancing."
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in black ink on print verso.
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1980s Post-Modern Bill Owens Color Photography
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We're not doing too badly, CA, from Suburbia
By Bill Owens
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in black ink on print verso.
Series: Suburbia
Bill Owens was born and raised in California. After volunteering in the Peace Corps he picked up phot...
Category
1980s Contemporary Bill Owens Color Photography
Materials
Color
Kens SC, CA, from Suburbia
By Bill Owens
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10
Signed, numbered, and print date.
Series: Suburbia
Bill Owens was born and raised in California. After volunteering in the Peace Corps he picked up photography and beg...
Category
1980s Modern Bill Owens Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Prada, Manhattan, New Suburbia
By Bill Owens
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 5
Signed, titled, and numbered.
Series: New Suburbia
Bill Owens was born and raised in California. After volunteering in the Peace Corps he picked up photography and bega...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bill Owens Color Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Walmart
By Bill Owens
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print
Signed, verso
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bill Owens Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
New Suburbia, Hayward (Two Balls)
By Bill Owens
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, titled and numbered.
Series: New Suburbia, Hayward
Bill Owens was born and raised in California. After volunteering in the Peace Corps he picked up photography...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Bill Owens Color Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Price Upon Request
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