William Jay (12 August 1940 – 10 May 2009) was a photographer, writer on and advocate of photography, curator, magazine and picture editor, lecturer, public speaker and mentor. He was the first editor of “the immensely influential magazine” Creative Camera (1968–1969); and founder and editor of Album (1970–1971). He is the author of more than 20 books on the history and criticism of photography, and roughly 400 essays, lectures and articles. His own photographs have been widely published, including a solo exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He is known for his portrait photographs of photographers.
Table of Contents
- 1 Life and work
- 1.1 LensWork #83 (The Bill Jay's Best of EndNotes issue)
- 1.2 On Being a Photographer
- 1.3 Brandt : The Photography of Bill Brandt
- 1.4 AMERICAN NEEDLE Steelman Blue Jays Flat Bill Snapback Hat
- 1.5 King of Hearts, Jay Graydon feat. Planet 3, Bill Champlin, Robbie Dupree..
- 1.6 On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide
- 1.7 2xhome - 16" Point of Sales POS System Cash Drawer 12v Register Heavy Duty RJ11 RJ12 Key-Lock 5 Bills and Removable 5 Coin Tray Compatible with Epson Star Jay Citizen Bixolon Receipt Thermal Printer
- 1.8 Dehydrating Food: A Beginner's Guide
- 1.9 Occam's Razor: An Outside-In View of Contemporary Photography
- 1.10 The Moose That Roared: The Story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, a Flying Squirrel, and a Talking Moose
Life and work
Jay was born in Maidenhead, England, attended grammar theoretical and completed two years at Berkshire College of Art.
Jay was editor of the hobbyist Camera Owner which he transformed into “the immensely influential magazine” Creative Camera (1968–1969); and founder and editor of Album (1970–1971), for whatever twelve issues. To auxiliary working on Creative Camera, for terse periods he was European commissioner of Globe Photos, an international characterize agency, and portray editor of The Daily Telegraph Magazine. He was the first Director of Photography at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, in 1970 and founded and directed the Photo Study Centre there.
He associated the Royal Photographic Society in February 1972[citation needed] and was visiting speaker and arranger of talks at the Society, as competently as for local camera clubs and polytechnics throughout the UK.
In 1972 he moved to the United States to enrol at the University of New Mexico under Beaumont Newhall and Van Deren Coke. He graduated in imitation of an MA upon the Victorian landscape photographer Francis Bedford. Afterward, he founded the Photographic Studies program at Arizona State University, where he was professor of art chronicles and taught photography archives and criticism for 25 years.
He gave hundreds of lectures on photography as a guest at colleges, universities, art schools and camera clubs in Britain, Europe and the United States.
Jay was twice married and divorced, and had three daughters, Juliet, Louise and Hannah. He retired in the late 1990s, leaving Mesa, Arizona, for Ocean Beach close San Diego, then to Sámara on the Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica, in 2008. He died in 2009, aged 68. His archive is held at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona.
Last update 2021-08-06