Bill Wood's Photos
#1
Posted 16 March 2008 - 07:07 PM
I love Bill Wood Photos; incredibly real. I especially love his insurance photos done for business. (I have bought several originals on E-bay)
His insurance photos are usually intersections in town where there was an accident. The pictures have people in them that are not posed. Real people from the era. Incredible, to me.
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#2
Posted 31 August 2008 - 08:02 PM
Really just an incredible book. (270 pgs.) all with big pictures.
For a guy like me, that loves Fort Worth, Photography, the 40s and the 50s, small old time businesses and Diane Keaton this big book is a dream come true. I will have it always. I may buy a second copy to keep so I can abuse (read frequently with coffee in hand) this copy.
For those of you that don't have this book, I would love to tell you about some of the pictures. (Would love to scan and share, but know better) But... I want you guys to buy this book. It was an investment on Diane Keaton's part. If it doesn't interest people in Fort Worth, it may be in trouble. Let's reward her for buying all of Bill's negatives composing a book, publishing and sharing with us. Not to be overly dramatic, but if we never saw these pictures it would be a tragedy.
What a gift to the world she has given us.
#3
Posted 01 September 2008 - 12:03 PM
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Bill Wood
[Promotion at Bill McDavid Pontiac Co.], 1959
© Billye Cooper and Connie Bruner
International Center of Photography
Promised Gift of Diane Keaton
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Bill Wood
The C.S. Striper, 1964
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Bill Wood
Ace Reid, Cartoonist, 1963
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Bill Wood
[Five men in basketball shorts], 1960s
© Billye Cooper and Connie Bruner
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Bill Wood
[Aerial Blight Control offices], 1960s
© Billye Cooper and Connie Bruner
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Bill Wood
[Chest X-ray demonstration], 1955
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Bill Wood
[Man in front of his store], 1959
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Bill Wood
[Woman demonstrating jalousie window unit], 1960
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Bill Wood
[Supervisor training his staff], 1963
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Promised Gift of Diane Keaton
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Bill Wood
[Supermarket promotional contest], 1960s
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#4
Posted 01 September 2008 - 12:12 PM
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#5
Posted 01 September 2008 - 12:25 PM
#6
Posted 01 September 2008 - 09:31 PM
Sure enough is interesting to hear Diane Keaton talking about Fort Worth and my street. (Throckmorton)
I would also like to remind people that this is a big book. Hard cover, 270 pages full of big pictures. Seeing Internet images of a few should just be considered a very minor preview. Very good stuff.
#7
Posted 02 September 2008 - 10:27 AM
We're on vacation, so can't give you the page numbers.
Incidentally, the book, Bill Wood's Business is available in the Gift Shop at the Modern Art Museum. They have it at a good price especially with a member discount
#8
Posted 02 September 2008 - 01:16 PM
We're on vacation, so can't give you the page numbers.
Incidentally, the book, Bill Wood's Business is available in the Gift Shop at the Modern Art Museum. They have it at a good price especially with a member discount
At this morning's breakfast table, while sharing oatmeal with Mrs. monee9696 (The vivacious and enchanting) , we both were wondering if there would be people coming forward that recognize these Fort Worth people. (Almost none had a known identity.) One page is the building directory for The Transport Life building. (Continental Life, then.)
BTW: I paid 50 bucks even for my book. Would have paid 10 bucks a picture on E-bay were it necessary. A steal I'm telling you! (A savings of $2,650.00!)
#9
Posted 02 September 2008 - 03:06 PM
We're on vacation, so can't give you the page numbers.
Incidentally, the book, Bill Wood's Business is available in the Gift Shop at the Modern Art Museum. They have it at a good price especially with a member discount
At this morning's breakfast table, while sharing oatmeal with Mrs. monee9696 (The vivacious and enchanting) , we both were wondering if there would be people coming forward that recognize these Fort Worth people. (Almost none had a known identity.) One page is the building directory for The Transport Life building. (Continental Life, then.)
BTW: I paid 50 bucks even for my book. Would have paid 10 bucks a picture on E-bay were it necessary. A steal I'm telling you! (A savings of $2,650.00!)
$28.35 w/ free Shipping on Buy.com
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#10
Posted 03 September 2008 - 04:30 PM
#11
Posted 07 September 2008 - 07:16 PM
Here is where I am coming from. This big book was not produced as a gift to Fort Worth. It is a book of art, really. The pictures they selected are the pictures people in New York would want to look at. (From this simple businessman in Texas) I have no problem with that concept. But the kind of pictures I am most interested in have more buildings and places in them. The things that are less interesting to people in Seattle. Every now and then you get a shot of downtown or in one of our grand buildings, but it just leaves me wanting more.
Note to Diane: Give us the rest of the negatives! And thanks for the book. I love what I have and only because I am greedy am I desirous of the rest. We care more about the rest of the negatives than anyone else. Maybe I should write her a letter and suggest another book for the fine lovers of Fort Worth. (That is, fine lovers of Fort Worth, as opposed to fine lovers of Fort Worth)
#12
Posted 07 September 2008 - 08:24 PM
#13
Posted 11 September 2008 - 08:55 PM
The Vandergriff Chevrolet dealership in 1967 showing a young Mayor Tom and his father Hooker Vandergriff. A great piece of history for Fort Worth.
#14
Posted 12 September 2008 - 05:39 AM
The Vandergriff Chevrolet dealership in 1967 showing a young Mayor Tom and his father Hooker Vandergriff. A great piece of history for Fort Worth.
That was the picture that told me for sure, "These people ain't from around these parts." Tom and Hooker Vandergriff and not even I.D.'d?
Just makes you wonder who else is pictured in this book without even a mention.
Sure enough. We need a Fort Worth version with more titles and information!
#15
Posted 28 June 2009 - 07:40 PM
This shot was taken at 2:45pm on August 16, 1954. Check it out!
#16
Posted 28 June 2009 - 08:56 PM
On page 163 is Helen Bowles, known at the time as the "Flag Lady of Fort Worth."
On page 178 is my brother-in-law Herman Blackwell at the Southwestern Life Insurance Company. Although the caption says it was in Dallas, it was actually on the 8th floor of the Continental National Bank Building in Fort Worth.
#17
Posted 28 June 2009 - 09:49 PM
On page 163 is Helen Bowles, known at the time as the "Flag Lady of Fort Worth."
On page 178 is my brother-in-law Herman Blackwell at the Southwestern Life Insurance Company. Although the caption says it was in Dallas, it was actually on the 8th floor of the Continental National Bank Building in Fort Worth.
Both really interesting photos Jim. Are they handy to appreciate their stardom?
Don't you just love this book? I feel like buying another copy so I don't have to treat this one like Moses brought it down from a mountain top.
It is funny how I do that with a book. If it has very special pictures in it, I feel like I have to take very good care of the book. My 1991 Tarrant Historical society book is my best example. I treat it with great respect but it is just a book that can be replaced. (I wish with one from 2009) It is an 18 year old book about a hundred years ago.
#18
Posted 28 June 2009 - 09:57 PM
EwingFTW, I attended Westcliff Methodist church until 2004 when we moved to Coppell, but I remember your brother in law Herman and your sister.
Very nice people. When we first attended Westcliff in 1990 they had members who would drop off a plant. We get home at around 12:30 and this guy rings the doorbell and has this Bright Purple jacket on . Could not tell he liked the TCU Horned Frogs much and it was Herman. I always enjoyed speaking with him at chruch.
#19
Posted 07 August 2010 - 08:52 PM
Is there any catalog of the material she has in hand?
Is it all B&W? Because I have some color stuff.
#20
Posted 07 August 2010 - 09:16 PM
Is there any catalog of the material she has in hand?
Is it all B&W? Because I have some color stuff.
Can't you post a sample for us!
#21
Posted 07 August 2010 - 09:21 PM
Better Business Bureau: A place to find or post valid complaints for auto delerships and maintenance facilities. (New Features) If you have a valid gripe about auto dealerships, this is the place to voice it.
#22
Posted 07 August 2010 - 09:29 PM
When the exhibit was showing in New York, I corresponded with someone there offering my personal info to forward to her or the book author but nothing ever came of it.
What I am wondering is did I get the dregs? Some of these negs are in very bad condition, some are in great condition.
The lady at the Flea Market always watched for more stuff like this just for me but nothing ever came up.
And yes, Bill Woods truly did take pictures of just about anything.
#23
Posted 07 August 2010 - 10:00 PM
Better Business Bureau: A place to find or post valid complaints for auto delerships and maintenance facilities. (New Features) If you have a valid gripe about auto dealerships, this is the place to voice it.
#24
Posted 02 October 2010 - 07:42 PM
While I was quite young in the sixties, Wood's shots from that time frame brings back sharply how things looked and felt during that time, such as grocery stores, cars, street scenes, etc. I agree with the intro writers in that while Bill may have had no intention of his photos being an expression of art, time has made them that way. Which means when I'm out and about taking pictures of what would strike about all of us as current everyday scenes...that's just it. It's a "current" everyday scene that we take for granted. Give it ten, twenty, thirty years...folks might look at one of my pics and say..."Oh, wow. Sure is different from now." I find that possibility encouraging. Another lesson I picked up from Bill is that he photographed the ordinary very well, which I think should be an essential basic aim of any hobby or enthusiast photographer.
#25
Posted 02 October 2010 - 07:58 PM
#26
Posted 07 February 2015 - 10:39 PM
Well, I'm still here and still have those negatives. I've had several more surgeries since 2010. I've since moved across town. And the box still gathers dust. I see Art Cooper has his location as SW FW.....that's where I live now. What area are you in Art?
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