Jay, Bill

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Jay, Bill
Date of birth
1940-08-12
Date of death
2009-05-10
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1940
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 262559174
Wikidata: Q18719184
Library of congress: n 79099295
Sources of Information
  • Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1940)
  • Men like me, c2005:t.p. (Bill Jay) final p. (b. 1940 in Maidenhead, Eng.; photographer; photography magazine editor)
  • His Views on nudes, 1971.
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Wikipedia description:

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.

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