Bill Parker began photography in1987 while studying under noted
conservation and fine art photographer, Charles Steinhacker. It was during that same year that one of
Bill's photographs covering a local flood was published in the paper of his hometown of
Brunswick, Maine. After that, he was hooked.
Bill continued his study of photography at Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin, and graduated in 1994. Upon graduation, he returned to Maine for the summer, where he lived in a cottage on a small tidal cove and continued to photograph one of his favorite subjects: Maine coastal life. In late fall of that year, Bill packed up and headed west in search of employment, and soon landed a job as the official photographer at a new music entertainment company in Los Angeles called the House of Blues. While there he had the opportunity to photograph artists such as Cheap Trick, Wayne Kramer (formerly of MC5), Remy Zero, Barenaked Ladies, Goo Goo Dolls, Lucinda Williams, Black Sabbath, and many others. His work during this time appeared in several publications, including Variety and Edge magazine. Working with the House of Blues also allowed him opportunities to provide documentary and cd cover content photography for newly emerging musicians such as the Jason Dean Band Experience, Betsy Spivak, Zyrah's Orange, and others. He enjoys photographing musicians, and continues to cover emerging artists.
In 1999, Online Photo Contest awarded Bill a digital camera for his photograph, "Anchor Chain," taken in Cundy's Harbor, Maine in 1998, and he also received honorable mention for his photographs of New Mexico, taken in 1991.
In September of 2000, he married his wonderful wife, Carol Anne, and together they toured Italy for three weeks, photographing the wineries, the landscape, and the people of that beautiful country. It wasn't long after their return to the U.S. that they decided it was time to move back closer to their roots on the east coast, and relocated to eastern Pennsylvania, where they live today.