Bill Owens Born in San Jose, California in 1938, Bill Owens made a mark photographing the cultural life of his Livermore neighbors. His work has become a landmark chronicle of the mid-century suburban explosion and a seminal influence for an entire generation of American photographers. Owens has enjoyed numerous solo exhibitions worldwide and has had seven monographs of his work published, including
Suburbia in 1973;
Working (I Do It for the Money) in 1977, and
Leisure in 2004. His career began as a photographer for the local Livermore independent newspaper in 1976. He has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship award, founded Buffalo Bill's (a micro-brewery in Berkeley), and published
American Brewer magazine. More of his work can be found at
www.billowens.com.
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