Explore CollectionsPhotographyKiss me. Kiss me. Livermore, California

Kiss me. Kiss me. Livermore, California

Bill Owens

American, born 1938

Details

Title

Kiss me. Kiss me. Livermore, California

Artist/Maker

Bill Owens (American, born 1938)

Date

1974, printed later

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Contact the museum for more information

Credit

Gift of Dr. Roger Hartl

Accession #

2022.272

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

© Bill Owens

More from this Artist

A plant serviceman, cleans, trims, prunes, waters and exchanges rented plants. I’m dusting a fiddle-leaf fig plant at the Trans-America building observation floor. I’m totally content with what I’m doing now.

A plant serviceman, cleans, trims, prunes, waters and exchanges rented plants. I’m dusting a fiddle-leaf fig plant at the Trans-America building observation floor. I’m totally content with what I’m doing now.

Bill Owens

My husband’s job allows a lot of vacation time. This allows us to go to the lake. Livermore, California

My husband’s job allows a lot of vacation time. This allows us to go to the lake. Livermore, California

Bill Owens

Part of my job as a waiter is to be a zoo-runner. We carry the huge dish of ice cream around the tables while other waiters beat a drum. Then we deliver the ice-cream zoo to the table having the party, Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Part of my job as a waiter is to be a zoo-runner. We carry the huge dish of ice cream around the tables while other waiters beat a drum. Then we deliver the ice-cream zoo to the table having the party, Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Bill Owens

Girl Scout uniform changes, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Girl Scout uniform changes, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Bill Owens

Man at desk on phone, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Man at desk on phone, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Bill Owens

America is the best country in the world. In Azores we’d go to the movies and America would seem like a dream. We came here with fifty dollars in our pocket and worked twelve hours a day, six days a week to save money to buy this dry-cleaning business. America is better than we thought. We have everything we ever wanted

America is the best country in the world. In Azores we’d go to the movies and America would seem like a dream. We came here with fifty dollars in our pocket and worked twelve hours a day, six days a week to save money to buy this dry-cleaning business. America is better than we thought. We have everything we ever wanted

Bill Owens

Pleasanton’s 4-H Group, Pleasanton, California

Pleasanton’s 4-H Group, Pleasanton, California

Bill Owens

My goal at the end of the race is to beat at least one ten-year-old kid or one little old lady. 10K race, Livermore, California

My goal at the end of the race is to beat at least one ten-year-old kid or one little old lady. 10K race, Livermore, California

Bill Owens

I used to be a chef and my partner was a garbage foreman. He was making $107 a week and going crazy. Now we sell apples and oranges from the back of a pickup truck. You meet people of every race–rich and poor, doctors and dentists. Everyone loves good fruit. We’re making a living and enjoying ourselves.

I used to be a chef and my partner was a garbage foreman. He was making $107 a week and going crazy. Now we sell apples and oranges from the back of a pickup truck. You meet people of every race–rich and poor, doctors and dentists. Everyone loves good fruit. We’re making a living and enjoying ourselves.

Bill Owens

Browse Related Artwork

Old Kentucky Home, Negro Life at the South
Old Kentucky Home, Negro Life at the South

Eastman Johnson

Portrait of Evelyn and Warren Massengill
Portrait of Evelyn and Warren Massengill

Evelyn Massengill

Cookie with Max at My Birthday Party, Provincetown, 1977
Cookie with Max at My Birthday Party, Provincetown, 1977

Nan Goldin

El Valle, New Mexico, from the Game Boy series
El Valle, New Mexico, from the Game Boy series

Alex Harris

Reunion in Heaven (of the “House of Prayer Children”)
Reunion in Heaven (of the “House of Prayer Children”)

Lorenzo Scott

Seated Girl
Seated Girl

William Bailey

Las Malinches, Tortugas, New Mexico
Las Malinches, Tortugas, New Mexico

Miguel Gandert

El Valle, New Mexico, from the Game Boy series
El Valle, New Mexico, from the Game Boy series

Alex Harris

Elise with Snake
Elise with Snake

Carolyn Drake

Children in the Crowd, Selma, Alabama
Children in the Crowd, Selma, Alabama

Declan Haun

San Lorenzo Fiesta, Penasco, New Mexico, from the Game Boy series
San Lorenzo Fiesta, Penasco, New Mexico, from the Game Boy series

Alex Harris

Durham, North Carolina, from the Game Boy series
Durham, North Carolina, from the Game Boy series

Alex Harris