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Television cameramen are a special breed from the portfolio Working
Television cameramen are a special breed from the portfolio Working
Television cameramen are a special breed from the portfolio Working

Television cameramen are a special breed from the portfolio Working

Artist Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
Date1975-1977
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage: 13.9 × 20 cm (5 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Robert Harshorn Shimshak and Marion Brenner, given in honor of the class of 1968
Object number2016.011.010
Collections
Exhibition History- It's Just a Job: Bill Owens and Studs Terkel on Working in 1970s America, 01/20/2018-07/29/2018, Zimmerli Art Museum, Machaver Gallery
Exhibitions

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Image Not Available for I'm an electrical-cable splicer working for a public utility from the portfolio Working
I'm an electrical-cable splicer working for a public utility from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
I really enjoy being here because it's my pleasure to help people from the portfolio Working
I really enjoy being here because it's my pleasure to help people from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for Like everybody else, I am caught up in the rat race from the portfolio Working
Like everybody else, I am caught up in the rat race from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Being a receptionist is a catch-all job; you do everything from the portfolio Working
Being a receptionist is a catch-all job; you do everything from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for As a theoretical physicist I generally don't tell people what to do from the portfolio Working
As a theoretical physicist I generally don't tell people what to do from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for Daytime soap opera has one purpose - to sell laxatives, fast food and vitamins from the portfolio Working
Daytime soap opera has one purpose - to sell laxatives, fast food and vitamins from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
It takes a year to make a gyro-ball guidance system for the C-5A aircraft from the portfolio Working
It takes a year to make a gyro-ball guidance system for the C-5A aircraft from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for For over twenty years I have worked for Leslie Salt harvesting salt from the portfolio Working
For over twenty years I have worked for Leslie Salt harvesting salt from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Baking is the oldest trade in the world from the portfolio Working
Baking is the oldest trade in the world from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for I don't think of glassblowing as work even though it has all aspects of being a business from the portfolio Working
I don't think of glassblowing as work even though it has all aspects of being a business from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for Untitled (Developers at site with plans) from the portfolio Working
Untitled (Developers at site with plans) from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Untitled (Men in office with site plans) from the portfolio Working
Untitled (Men in office with site plans) from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977