Bill Jacobson

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Bill Jacobson (* 1955 in Norwich , Connecticut) is an American photographer.

Bill Jacobson lives and works in New York. 1981 degree in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute, New York. Works by Jacobson can be found in the following collections, among others: Guggenheim Museum, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Participated in a variety of exhibitions in the United States and Europe.

The extremely atmospheric photographs by Bill Jacobson force the viewer's gaze to linger, to contemplate calmly. His diffuse, softly drawn faces, landscapes or cityscapes are not immediately deciphered, they remain ambiguous. Jacobson's pictures have an effect on the viewer.

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