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Published References"Bill Owens: Leisure," fotofolio, 2004, p. 115
DimensionsSheet: 10 7/8 x 14 in. (27.6 x 35.6 cm)
Image: 9 7/8 x 12 13/16 in. (25.1 x 32.5 cm)
Accession Number 2024.129
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsBO-1768M (verso l,l graphite) 3200 (verso l,l graphite) Bill Owens (verso l,r graphite) L115 (verso l,r graphite)
Edition1/15
Portfolio/Series"Leisure" series
Marks© BILL OWENS EDITION 15/3AP NUMBER 3 PRINTED 2005 (verso l,r stamp and graphite)
For my husband’s 84th birthday I bought him the girl in the cake. He was thrilled to death and we were afraid he might have another heart attack. San Ramon Country Club, San Ramon, California, from the "Leisure" series
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
For his fifth birthday I took my son Max and his six friends to the Ringling Brothers circus at the Oakland Coliseum. It was all I could do to keep them under control and not lose anyone in the crowd. As party favors I bought each of them batter-powered plastic swords with flame blades and dragons on the handles. It was easy to find them as the sword blades glowed in the dark. Livermore, California, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
1973, printed 1999
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
I don't feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect on his personality. (He already wants to be a policeman). His childhood gun-playing won't make him into a cop-shooter. By playing with guns he learns to socialize with other children. I find the neighbors who are offended by Richie's gun, either the father hunts or their kids are the first to take Richie's gun and go off and play with it., from the "Suburbia" series
Bill Owens
1971, printed 2000
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
River Oaks Country Club, Houston, Texas, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
1976, printed 2000
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Being a broker is the old "buy'em low, sell 'em high game. After the one o'clock bell, brokers have fifteen minutes to close their market orders. This is done by shouting your bids and positioning your hands. Palms out means sell, palms in means buy. I can assure you it's a fun game to win. San Francisco, California, from the "Working" series
Bill Owens
1976, printed 2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karate is a highly competitive sport, like tennis or boxing. It’s on one. For $30 a month a kid can get some good mental and physical training. He can learn coordination, balance, timing and self-defense. Livermore, California, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
1974, printed 1999
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Everywhere we go we challenge the local high school team to a game. We let them win. It’s all for charity. Points don’t count unless you shoot from the back of the donkey. Donkeys are dumb and uncooperative, and they really hate to move. Livermore, California, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
1976, printed 1999
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
On weekends we camp and ride dirt bikes. Livermore, California, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
1977, printed 2005
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
McDonald’s modern day care center keeps the boys out of my hair an lets me have a moment to myself. Houston, Texas, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
1976, printed 2000
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
I have to keep in shape. It’s hard work being a realtor. Livermore, California, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
1974, printed 1999
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Spectators, Patty Hearst trial, San Francisco, California
Bill Owens
1976
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Light Up Time: Representative Adam Clayton Powell, D-NY, lights up a cigar today just before announcing the names of members of a House subcommittee to probe what he called "hand me down" school systems of de facto segregation in the north. The hearings, he said, probably will start in Washington and be held later in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Powell, chairman of the House Education Committee, announced the plans at a news conference, Washington DC, March 7, 1966
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1966
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
When school is out we sunbathe all day and dance all night. Camelback Mountains, Phoenix, Arizona, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
1976, printed 2005