Bill Jay’s Snapshots

About the photographer:
Bill Jay began his career in England where he was the first Director of Photography at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the first editor/director of Creative Camera and Album magazines. During this time, he earned a living as picture editor of a large circulation news/feature magazine and as the European manager of an international picture agency.
After studying with Beaumont Newhall and Van Deren Coke at the University of New Mexico, he founded the program of Photographic Studies at Arizona State University where he taught history and criticism classes for 25 years.
Bill Jay has published over 400 articles and is the author of more than 15 books on the history and criticism of photography. Some of his recent titles include: Cyanide and Spirits: an inside-out view of early photography; Occam’s Razor: an outside-in view of contemporary photography; USA Photography Guide; Bernard Shaw: On Photography; Negative/Positive: a philosophy of photography; 61 Pimlico; Sun in the Blood of the Cat, etc. He is frequently asked to contribute essays to monographs by well-known photographers, such as Jerry Uelsmann, Bill Brandt, Michael Kenna and Bruce Barnbaum. He continues to write a regular column for the journal, LensWork.
Bill Jay is a frequent guest lecturer at symposia and conferences and at colleges and universities in Britain and Europe as well as throughout the USA.
His own photographs have been widely published and exhibited, including a one-person show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His previous monograph, Photog- raphers Photographed, included a selection of the thousands of portraits he has taken of prominent individuals in the medium of photography, a database of which is located at the Center of Creative Photography, which also houses his research archives.
Acknowledgments
I am grateful to James Hajicek for his cooperation in the production of the text, and to David Hurn for his companionship on so many picture expeditions, for the thousands of hours of conversation about all aspects of photography during the more than 35 years of our friendship, and for his help in the final editing of the images.
A very special thank you to Brooks Jensen, editor of LensWork, for preparing the CD version of this project. His skill and acumen are sources of wonder and respect.
Frederick Lee Heinz, a graphic designer/consultant,contributed his considerable expertise in the production of this book. Thanks, Bud!
Most of all, I am grateful to all the amateur photographers whom I met during this project. Their enthusiasm, generosity and good humor made me feel that there is indeed an international community of photographers still doing something just for the love of it, without concern for art or fame. I am happy to be numbered among them.
Christmas at Dog Beach, California Front yard, Phoenix, Arizona Entrance to tent revivalist meeting, Pima Indian Reservation, Arizona Henley regatta, England Photographing pet ferrets, South Beach, Miami, Florida Amateur rent-a-model day, Phoenix, Arizona Approaching squall, South Beach, Miami, Florida Playground, Mesa, Arizona Tourist photographer, Waikiki, Hawaii Cruise ship, Fiji Islands Trafalgar Square, London, England Public park, Mesa, Arizona Rawhide, Scottsdale, Arizona Back yard, Mesa, Arizona Riverside Gardens, Maidenhead, England School outing, Tower of London, England Ancient stones, Cornwall, England Self-portrait, Biosphere II, Oracle, Arizona Mural, San Diego, California Picnic area, Parrot Gardent, Florida Public swimming pool, Arizona Roadside junk shop, near Wickenburg, Arizona Cliveden estate, Buckinghamshire, England Back yard party, Mesa, Arizona River terrace, Laughlin, Nevada Back yard, Mesa, Arizona Back yard, Mesa, Arizona Back yard, Scottsdale, Arizona Cruise ship, Fiji Islands Tintern Abby, Wales Parking area, Tintern Abbey, Wales Photographing the House of Parliament, London, England Outside the Louvre, Paris, France Marc Chagall’s grave, St. Paul de Vence, France Shop window, St. Paul de Vence, France Royal Palace, Monte Carlo, Monaco Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy Rialto Bridge, Grand Canal, Venice, Italy St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy Mission Beach, California Universal Studios, Los Angeles, California Santa Monica pier, California Bayside, Miami, Florida South Beach, Miami, Florida Garden Wedding, Mesa, Arizona Garden party, Mesa, Arizona Tourist boat, Miami, Florida Rawhide, Scottsdale, Arizona Petting zoo, Apache Junction, Arizona Comparing tattoos, Hurst, England Lunch, tourist center, Fiji Palace of Versailles garden, France Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy Camera club field trip with models, Surrey, England Carmel Beach, California Hotel garden, Fort Worth, Texas Camera club field trip with models, Surrey, England Country lane, Berkshire, England Kew Gardens, England Hanauma Bay, Hawaii Camera club field trip with models, Surrey, England Stourhead gardent, England Hampton Court, England Nuuanu Pali, Near Honolulu, Hawaii Midsummer day, Stonehenge, England Photographer’s models, Arizona desert Exhibition hall, Cologne, Germany Hampton Court, England Park, San Francisco, California Kew Gardens, England Druids, Midsummer day, Stonehenge, England Hurley Lock, river Thames, England Hambledon Lock, river Thames, England Rent-a-nude club, London, England Daytona Beach, Florida Riverside, Henley-on-Thames, England Garden, Chicago, Illinois Falconry exhibition, Berkshire, England Wndsor Castle, England Barbecue, Tonto National Forest, Arizona Scottsdale, Arizona Student party, Tempe, Arizona Waikiki, Hawaii Outside Westminster Abbey, London, England Dead Squirrel, Tonto National Forest, Arizona Bike Week, Daytona Beach, Florida Wet T-shirt contest, Spring Break, Daytona Beach, Florida Monterey, California Scenic view, Honolulu, Hawaii Cathedral and Bell Tower, Pisa, Italy St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy St. Francis’ Basilica, Assisi, Italy Gates of Paradise, Baptistry, Florence, Italy St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy Courtyard, St. Francis’ Basilica, Assisi, Italy Water taxi, Grand Canal, Venice, Italy Photographing the Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy