Between 1968 and 1972, Bill Owens photographed what was to become one of the definitive documents of life in the American suburb. Suburbia exemplified Owens' understanding of the evolution of the American Dream and captured a quintessential moment in the heart of a California subdivision.

Our Kind of People (American Groups and Rituals), photographed between 1969 - 1975, continued the project of Suburbia. This volume concerns itself exclusively with the groups, clubs, organizations and rituals in the suburbs. From the leaders and members of the Kiwanis club, the Elks, The John Birch Society, VFW, to the bridal shower, voter registration, band practice and outdoor painting class.

The product of a Guggenheim Fellowship award, Working (I Do It For The Money), 1976, is a document of the American worker and workplace across America.

Virtually ignored by the art world for nearly two decades, Bill Owens had his first one-person exhibition at American Fine Arts in New York in October of 1994. He will have a one-person exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in October 1996.

There will be an Independence Day Barbeque and reception for the artist on July 3 from 4-7pm.