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Owens, Bill

American photographer, born 1938

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Whitney Museum of American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

Yosemite, Half Dome with Cars, 1977

Bill Owens

Whitney Museum of American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

"I Was a Lawyer Before I Became a Private Detective...", 1976

Bill Owens

MoMA

Photo of collection object Television cameramen are a special breed. When you read something in a book you say that's someone's opinion. When you see it on TV you say that's gospel. I have one minute, thirty seconds to make a statement., It had to be accurate, it has to be the truth.

Television cameramen are a special breed. When you read something in a book you say that's someone's opinion. When you see it on TV you say that's gospel. I have one minute, thirty seconds to make a statement., It had to be accurate, it has to be the truth., 1976

Bill Owens

American, born 1938

On our commune everyone has to work. We chase off the freeloaders. The commune has to make money. It has to be a business, then it can grow. The government isn't going to take care of you. You have to band together to help each other. Taos, New Mexico, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

Press, Patty Hearst Trial, San Francisco, California, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

River Oaks Country Club, Houston, Texas, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

The only way to learn anything in photography is by making lots of mistakes. It's a painful education. Photography's a wonderful hobby but a very difficult business, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

I stand along side the Loop Freeway and sell flowers to drivers waiting for the traffic light to change. I am only twelve but I make a lot of money, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

It takes a lot of brains to be a model. You're not just a body with a pretty face. You have to have the latest saleable look and be a self-starter with drive and energy. It's a lot of fun meeting artistic people and going on location. It's something different, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

Television cameramen are a special breed. When you read something in a book you say that's someone's opinion. When you see it on TV you say that's gospel. I have one minute thirty seconds to make a statement. It has to be accurate, it has to be the truth, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

Bee Gees Concert, Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, 1976 (printed later)

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

At Rosie O'Grady's Goodtime Emporium the Music is Provided by a Dixieland Jazz Band, Orlando, Florida, 1976 (printed later)

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

The middle class has no taste for art! I am not a great artist, but people think I am because I have long hair. Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1976, printed later

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

WTC & Ferry, Staten Island Ferry, New York, 1976, printed later

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

I can take six months or more of on-the-job training to become a microelectronics assembly technician. Only young people can do this work as your eyes don't last. The circuit I'm working on is part of a guidance system for military aircraft. I ride horses and play tennis to relieve the tension, 1976, printed later

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

I own my own pharmacy and work sixty to seventy hours a week. I don't do it for the money. The gratification is in helping people and being part of the community. I could make more money working for a chain, but if I did it for the dollar I'd become a cruel and hardened person, 1976 (printed 2006)

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

Raymond Garcia for Congress, Taos County Elections, New Mexico, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

The Republican National Convention at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City was my first political convention as a CBS correspondent. I was thinking only one thing: don't blow it! So I was a little impatient up there on the film box waiting for the cue, and a little worried. My ambition was to be a political reporter, so I felt like Seabiscuit before his first big race. So much was riding on that day. Girls do get floor passes even if they wear glasses (Leslie Stahl), 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

Patty Hearst Trial, San Francisco, California, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

F. Lee Bailey, Attorney for the Defense, Patty Hearst Trial, San Francisco, California, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

Press, Patty Hearst Trial, San Francisco, California, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

Press, Patty Hearst Trial, San Francisco, California, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

Press, Patty Hearst Trial, San Francisco, California, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

Daytime soap opera has one purpose--to sell laxatives, fast food and vitamins. Our audience is women who sit at home worrying about their health and family. We provide escapism. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, 1976

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)

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