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Bill has more than twenty years’ experience in commercial photography, plus extensive education in both commercial and fine arts photography. He started his education by receiving a full merit scholarship to study commercial photography at the Art Institute of Atlanta, where he received an AA degree in 1980. He went on to study fine art photography at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and received his BFA degree there in 1984. While in school, spent a summer session studying with Ansel Adams in Carmel, California.
Bill has been in the photography business since 1984. Bill Crofton Photography specializes in on-location commercial photography for architects, graphic designers, interior designers, advertising agencies, and corporations. His photographs have appeared in Chicago Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, and on CBS television. He has done photography for The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, The Smithsonian Institution, Hilton Hotels, The Federal Reserve Bank, The State of Illinois, AT&T, The Art Institute of Chicago, and Sotheby’s.
Bill brings both technical mastery and artistic vision to his work. He is Portrait Studio Manager of Motophoto in Avon, CT, MotoPhoto in Avon CT where he oversees the printing process and which enables him to provide a quick turnaround on his work. He also has an on-premises studio where he shoots studio work.
Bill's Recommended Links and Charitable Donations
AvonMotoPhoto.com
PPA.com
ASMP.org
Art Odyssey
Avoca School District No. 37
Baker Demonstration School
Banner Pre-School
Beth Hillel Congregation
Boy Scout Troop 2
The Cancer Care Foundation
Chai Center of Wilmette
Chiaravalle Montessori School
Chicago Children's Choir
Children's Memorial Hospital
Covenant Nursery School
The Cradle
Girl Scout Troop 440
Girl Scout Troop 464
Harper School
Highcrest Middle School
Illinois Center for Violence Prevention
Infant's Aid
Jewish Council for Youth Services
Junior League of Evanston - North Shore
Kohl Children's Museum
Literature for All of Us
McKenzie School
New Trier Booster Club
Northfield Community Nursery School
Northminster Nursery School
Regina Dominican High School
Romona School
Ronald Knox Montessori School
Sacred Heart School
St. Chrysostom's Day School
St. Francis Xavier School
St. Joseph School
School for Little Children
Trinity Church Nursery School
The Wendy Larks Foudnation
Willow House
Willow Wood Pre-School
Wilmette Community Nursery School
Wilmette Junior High
Wilmette Park District, Kindergarten Enrichment
Wilmette Public Schools, District 39
Winnetka Public School Nursery
Women's Club of Evanston
Youth Connection