Local Artist

Bill Apton - Digital Photographic Prints,
Oil Painting

I was enamored with the magic of photography at age 10 when I received my first camera as a gift from a local bank for opening a savings account with $10. My fascination with cameras and photography continued to expand thorough out my younger years. When college beckoned, I attended Rochester Institute of Technology where I majored in photography and received a B.S. Degree.

Following a tour of duty in the army, I traveled to the west coast and discovered the magnificence of the Bay Area. I moved to San Francisco and opened my freelance photography business, specializing in photographing people on location and in the studio for a myriad of annual reports, corporate, product, fashion and editorial clients.

I'm proud to be in the private collection of Ansel Adams, now at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tucson. As a member of Superstock, a world wide photo agency, my images have been used in a variety of advertising venues.

As a frequent traveler, I'm always for the beauty in every locale and have been continually producing art photos for 40 years.

At the age of 10, my parents suggested private painting lessons at the Art Students League in New York. Hooked at an early age, I have painted with well known Pleine Aire Bay Area artist Jerrold Turner and have taken numerous art, painting, and life drawing classes at the College of Marin.

Rarely on the go without a camera at my side, I have always taken photographs of nature's beauty as well as subjects of interest to me, often of whimsical nature. I now try to take a major trip out of the country annually so I can become "a stranger in a strange land." Works wonders for my dominant left eye!

Contact Information: Bill Apton PO Box 1131 Gualala, CA 95445 Email: aptonphoto@aol.com Phone: 707-884-4278 Website: www.aptonphoto.com

© copyright 2008 - all rights to the images are retained by the artist