About Skip Bolen

Skip Bolen is a southern born photographer of jazz, musicians, architecture, lifestyle and the culture of New Orleans. Personal works in progress include documenting the disappearing historic landscape of vintage signs, old water towers, telephone poles, cemeteries, historic architecture and other points of interest in New York City, Los Angeles and across the South primarily his hometown of New Orleans - a collection of images that embody both romance and nostalgia. Also a member of IATSE Local 600 (International Cinematographers Guild) and works as a stills photographer in the motion picture industry - capturing great stills of actors and people that can convey the story in a photo, in addition to capturing behind the scenes images of actors, crew and production. Those same skills apply to all his live music club, concert, festival and jazz photography where he always strives to convey a story in the photo. His skills also include capturing images in very low light, challenging lighting situations and challenging work environments. Also specializing in journalistic, documentary and special event photography. Skip Bolen offers a complete pro Canon digital and film service, using Jacobson Sound Blimps and Apple-Intel computers - available to shoot in New Orleans, New York and Los Angeles and all places in-between. Will travel and work anywhere.

Skip Bolen's photographs are in public and private collections, among them the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans and Louisiana State Museum. His photography has appeared in various publications including The New York Times, Life, Rolling Stone, Vogue, New York Post, US Weekly, Elle, MTV, VH-1, New York Magazine, Jazz Times, Downbeat, Where New Orleans and many others. Skip Bolen was the unit photographer for HBO's season two finale of "True Blood" and on HBO's pilot "Treme" by David Simon. Skip Bolen is represented internationally by WireImage.com, Getty Images and European PressPhoto Agency.