
About
WILLIAM
ABBOTT, has had a love affair with his photography
for over thirty years. Abbott's photographic expertise is artistically enhanced with years of art training. With this additional "arts perspective", he is able to create the proper setting to stage a dramatic photographs be it a portrait or land scape. Abbott lived on and photographed the Monterey Peninsula, (California) for years. By way of background, Abbott began his art and photography studies in the late 1960's. This training gave him a solid foundation to launch a successful career in photography. Abbott trained at: the Laguna School of Art and Design (Laguna Beach, CA) and Choinard's (Los Angeles, CA) chose a major in Fine Art and a minor in photography, respectively; then the Art Academy and the San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco, CA) concentrated on a photography major. In 1971, before
concluding his studies at the Art Academy in San Francisco, Abbott
experienced a photographic bicycle tour from Montreal, Canada to
Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was the "leader" of ten
teenagers, photographing along the way, documenting their travels.
Abbott took from this experience to teach photography
fundamentals to group. Abbott's last
long photography outing, took him to Alaska in 1989. (anything
over 3 months is long). At the current
time Abbott is working
on two to three series at a time. one of his latest series has
been named "Home
Alone", where over the years he has photograph, many things in
his and other people houses, you know "just stuff hanging around".
One of his favorite series is Martini
Glasses, and being a Martini drinker has helped this series along.
Abbott has collected many different kind of martini glasses, photographing
the pouring of liquids into different kinds of Martini glasses.
And then you must drink it as it's a waste to waste any good Vodka,
and he only uses "real" vodka to get the right feeling (let alone
the right taste). Each of these unique photographic adventures has provided Abbott with a strong sense of the essence of these countries the people he encountered. Abbott's desire to "travel about this country with his camera" is no less compelling, as he believes the people that inhabit our county are special and worthy of being celebrated for who they are and what they do. And has started the second limited edition of his book, entitled "We Are All outlaws in The Mind" (a book of photographs and a few words), the "few words" are as Abbott put's it, "just stuff, a poem or two, thoughts of where I was and what I saw when I was there", "nothing more, nothing less, just a few words", "all from the heart". His limited editions are for 100 books at a time, as he puts each one together by hand, signs each one. Look for this updated edition around the late part of 2007. (if you have an insterest in purchasing one of the copies that will be available, please contact Abbott for information) Abbott's love of photography and the work he has produced over the years has garnered him several awards in the United States and abroad. His work has also sold in galleries in the United States, Europe and Japan. |
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