Skip Bolen
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Skip Bolen is a Southern
Condé Nast Publications in New York City, he returned to New Orleans to pursue his jazz photography full-time. In 1998, he moved to Los Angeles where he became art director of House of Blues for seven years [1] while photographing at night and weekends. He continued photographing jazz musicians and had his first major solo exhibition[2] at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles on August 9, 2002. On July 4, 2006, he returned to New Orleans to pursue photography full-time documenting the recovery and rebuilding of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina
, documenting the jazz scene, night-time photography and other photographic projects.
His black-and-white photographic images of jazz musicians are often shot only in natural light in jazz clubs, jazz festivals and concerts. Prominent examples of his jazz photography are in the collections of the
Wireimage.[3]
Skip Bolen is a still photographer and currently a member of IATSE Local 600 (
African-American and Creole traditions. Bolen was also the unit still photographer for HBO's "True Blood" Season Two finale with Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer when they were shooting in Baton Rouge, LA. Bolen was also the unit still photographer for Season 1 and Season 2 of TNT's "Memphis Beat" that filmed in New Orleans. He is the photographer for the New Orleans book Vieux Carré Chic: The Art of Overindulgent Home Décor written by TJ Fisher.[5]
He is currently represented by Stella Jones Gallery in New Orleans.
Notes
- ^ Skip Bolen at LinkedIn
- ^ Jazz Bakery Selected Exhibitions 1999 - 2007 Archived 2008-03-12 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Skip Bolen's photographs at Getty Images and WireImage.com
- ^ Fox Publicity K-VILLE Season One Episodic Photos Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Vieux Carré Chic: The Art of Overindulgent Home Décor Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine by TJ Fisher.
