Bill Owens Portrait 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
When school is out we sunbathe all day and dance all night
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
"When school is out we sunbathe all day and dance all night."
Edition of 15
Signed, dated, and numbered on print verso by Bill Owens
Gelatin silver p...
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20th Century Contemporary Bill Owens Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Every summer we go all out on our camp in Yosemite, from Leisure
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
"Every summer we go all out on our camp in Yosemite. I do the barbequing"
Edition of 15
Signed, dated, and numbered by Bill Owens
Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in.
Series: Leisure
Bi...
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20th Century Contemporary Bill Owens Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
One Day Our Toilet Broke
By Bill Owens
Located in New York, NY
Bill Owens
Before the dissolution of our marriage my husband and I owned a bar. One day a toilet broke and we brought it home,
1971
Print Paper Size: 13 x 17 inches
Print Image Size...
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1970s Modern Bill Owens Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
We like to play war, from Suburbia
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
We like to play war, 1971
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in.
Edition of 15
Stamped in ink, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil on verso by Bill Owens
Series: Suburbia
Bill Owens wa...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Bill Owens Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Its a great pleasure to watch yourself make love
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
Its a great pleasure to watch yourself make love, 1971
Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in.
Signed, artist stamp, and numbered.
Bill Owens was born and raised in California. After volu...
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1970s Contemporary Bill Owens Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
We don't have to conform, from Suburbia
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, 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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At Rosie O' Grady's Goodtime Emporium (Disco dancer)
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, dated, numbered and artist stamp on print verso by Bill Owens
Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in.
Printed 2005
Series: Leisure
Bill Owens was born and raised in ...
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1970s Modern Bill Owens Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
New Suburbia, Hayward (Weed Wacker), from New Suburbia
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 5
Signed, titled, and numbered in black ink on print verso.
Series: New Suburbia
Bill Owens was born and raised in California. After volunteering in the Peace Corps he pi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Bill Owens Portrait Photography
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Digital Pigment
McDonald's Modern Day Care Center, from Leisure series
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
"McDonald's modern day care center keeps the boys out of my hair and lets me have a moment to myself. Kansas City, MO", 1976
Edition 7/15
Signed and artist stamps.
Printed 2007
Serie...
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1970s Contemporary Bill Owens Portrait Photography
Materials
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Untitled (Woman Vacuuming), from Suburbia
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, dated and numbered.
Series: Suburbia
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1970s Modern Bill Owens Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
I bought the lawn
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
"I bought the lawn in six-foot rolls. It's easy to handle. I prepare the ground and my wife and son helped roll out the grass. in one day you have a front yard."
Edition of 15
Signed...
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1970s Contemporary Bill Owens Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
My dad thinks it's a good idea
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
"My dad thinks it's a good idea to take all the leaves off the tree and take up the yard. I think he is crazy."
Edition of 15
Signed, numbered, and artist stamp.
Series: Suburbia
Bi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Bill Owens Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sunday Afternoon, from Suburbia series
By Bill Owens
Located in Dallas, TX
"Sunday afternoon we get it together. I cook the steaks and my wife makes the salad."
Edition of 15
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Series: Suburbia
Bill Owens was born and rais...
Category
1970s Contemporary Bill Owens Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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