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About the Book

For internationally renowned artist Curtis Williams Jr., photography is a relationship with light. His photography book Light, the Essence of Life demonstrates his stunning light techniques.

As a professional Williams was in demand in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles with a list of advertising agencies such as Grey, Foote, Cone & Belding and Young and Rublicam. He spent twenty years in Europe and worked in Sweden, Germany, Italy, England, France, and Spain.

His clients include Vogue, Elle Magazine, Marie-Claire magazine, Damernas Varld (Sweden), Ladies Home Journal, Viva Magazines. General Foods, United Negro College Fund, Clairol Hair Products, and many others.

Showcasing portraits, still lives, editorials, advertisements, and more, this photobook encapsulates the more than thirty-year career of Williams with photographs from all over the United States and Europe.
About the Author: Curtis Williams has worked as an advertising photographer, film producer, and director. However, his true love is design and photography, a field in which he has accumulated more than thirty years of experience.
As a professional he was in demand in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles with a list of advertising agencies such as Young and Rublicam, as well as Grey, Foote, Cone & Belding. He spent twenty years in Europe and worked in Sweden, Germany, Italy, England, France, and Spain.
His clients include Vogue, Elle Magazine, Marie-Claire magazine, Damernas Varld (Sweden), Ladies Home Journal, Viva Magazines. General Foods, United Negro College Fund, Clairol Hair Products, and many others.
Today he is the Publisher, Executive Editor, Art Director, and Photographer of the exciting, upscale magazine Melrose Heights Magazine.
To see more of his work, check out Melrose Heights Magazine and the Melrose Heights TV Show. Curtis Williams Jr. is someone you might at first think is shy. But his eyes sparkle as he takes it all in, observing the people, the setting, the feeling, the light. He is not at all shy when it comes to putting people together, directing a shoot, and getting the best out of those being exposed or transformed by his photography. From lips to landscapes, he paints with light and shadows. He has seen the tough side of life, growing up in a poor section of Los Angeles. But no matter where in the world the street is--South Central, St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Paris, Milano, Munich, or Stockholm--he has street smarts. Already as a kid in a neighborhood somewhat akin to the one in Spike Lee's Boys in the Hood, his eye was trained to see the beauty, the passion, and the pain in his surroundings. He learned at an early age that if you can capture it in a photograph, you can transform it. It was the generosity of a mentor (Richard Rucker) who recognized his talent and sent him to the prestigious Art Center College of Design. He graduated with honors. After launching a successful career in advertising with clients like Young & Rubicam, Grey, Foote, Cone & Belding, Coca Cola, 7-Up, Kraft Foods, McDonald's, Goodyear, Michelob, and being a regular in magazines like Vogue, Elle, Viva, Marie Claire, People, he wanted to repay his benefactor.

His angel asked only that the young phenom uses his talents to encourage others. He has never lost sight of that first commitment. He has also produced an autobiographical film project entitled Born Rich--The World of Curtis Williams, juxtaposing the wealth of diverse experiences with the many personal obstacles he has faced along the way.
Williams likes to explore the essence of the human spirit and is as fascinated with qualities of light on film as a painter like Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens was on canvas. I actually owe a great deal to Rubens, says Williams. The 17th century master used light and color to explore the inner strength of women. I like to capture the emotional power of women, immersing the viewer in a common experience of love and joy. From the girls with Rubenesque figures to the svelte runway world, Williams spent about half of his time in Europe, and was a favorite photographer of fashion maven Wilhelmina. He is described as a truly prodigious talent working in what can be a narcissistic industry, who is refreshingly humble. He says, There's a reason the lens is focused away from the photographer. It's not so much about us, but about what we can do for others. If there is beauty to be captured, and if I have the ability to capture it, it is a gift from God. My job is to capture, interpret, and present.

Currently Williams combines his marketing and creative talents as publisher, executive editor, art director, and photographer-in-chief of Melrose Heights Magazine, an upscale and truly original magazine. The publication weaves a rich tapestry of culture, information, and the arts, and seeks to create a better world by drawing people together around the stories of people who are involved, inspired, and trying to make a difference. He is a quiet friend of many representing a wide range of experience--from director of the Harvard Foundation, Dr Allen Counter, to Quincey Jones, to Debbie Allen, Diane Baker, and so many others.
By James Koenig, opera singer, arts advocate, writer, film festival director


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781098393083
  • Publisher: Bookbaby
  • Publisher Imprint: Bookbaby
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 100
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Weight: 322 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1098393082
  • Publisher Date: 20 Sep 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Light, the Essence of Life
  • Width: 180 mm


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