Skip bolen biography of albert

American photographer

Skip Bolen is a Southern photographer of musicians, architecture, lifestyle and the culture of New Orleans. Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, he moved to New Orleans where he began his publishing career as a designer and art director.

Skip bolen biography of albert

After moving to New York City, he began working at House & Garden, renamed HG, as Senior Designer in January with Anna Wintour and Alexander Liberman at Condé Nast Publications. Spending evenings in jazz clubs, he began photographing jazz musicians in New York City and often when he regularly returned to New Orleans.

After three years at Condé Nast Publications in New York City, he returned to New Orleans to pursue his jazz photography full-time. In , he moved to Los Angeles where he became art director of House of Blues for seven years ^[1] while photographing at night and weekends.

He continued photographing jazz musicians and had his first major solo exhibition^[2] at the Jazz Bakery in Lo