Bill Owens

American · b. 1938 · Photographer

Bill Owens is an American photographer, photojournalist, brewer and editor living in Hayward, California. He is best known for his photographs of suburban domestic scenes taken… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Bill Owens, I don’t feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect, 1970; Our house is built with the living room in the back, 1972, Two gelatin silver prints, one printed laterI don’t feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect, 1970; Our house is built with the living room in the backPhillips · $3,750≈ £2,316≈ €2,975Sign up to see
  2. Bill Owens, Selected Images from Suburbia, 1968-1972, Six gelatin silver prints, printed laterSelected Images from SuburbiaPhillips · $3,048≈ £2,390≈ €2,895Sign up to see
  3. Bill Owens, Richie (from the Suburbia series), gelatin silver print, textRichie (from the Suburbia series)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $2,772≈ £2,178≈ €2,642Sign up to see

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Bill Owens is an American photographer, photojournalist, brewer and editor living in Hayward, California. He is best known for his photographs of suburban domestic scenes taken in the East Bay and published in the book Suburbia (1973). Owens is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and two National Endowment for the Arts Grants.

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Born 1938, San JoseOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q4910416 ↗ULAN 500204781 ↗

In the collections of

Crocker Art MuseumJ. Paul Getty MuseumMichael C. Carlos MuseumMuseum of Modern ArtSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumWhitney Museum of American ArtArt Institute of Chicago

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Also known as Bill Elmo Owens, William Elmo Owens, William Owens

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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