Bill Owens
1938 –
Introduction
Bill Owens (born September 25, 1938) 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.
According to The New York Sun, "Owens is uniquely associated with suburbanites living in the tract housing developments that absorbed 60 million Americans in the decades following World War II."
Wikidata identifier
Q4910416
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Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, photographer
ULAN identifier
500204781
Names
Bill Owens, Bill Elmo Owens, Bill. Owens, William Owens, William Elmo Owens
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed May 24, 2025.
