Shmuel thaler biography of williams

For over thirty years, Santa Cruz County residents have opened up their copy of the Santa Cruz Sentinel each morning and seen their lives reflected in Shmuel Thaler’s photographs. From triathlons to earthquakes, from clam chowder cook-offs to murder trials, from burning brush to breaching humpback whales—Thaler’s images record the dynamic nature of this one-of-a-kind Central California coastal community that we call home.

Shmuel Thaler - California Health Care Foundation: At age 17, Williams was one of the first juveniles in the state of California to be tried as an adult. Williams was sentenced to serve 25 years to a lifetime in prison, and ended up serving

His photographs fuse a recognizable artistic, graphical aesthetic with a driving documentary impulse. This oral history photobook based on interviews conducted by the Regional History Project at the University of California, Santa Cruz Library captures the trajectory and philosophy of Shmuel Thaler’s photographic career.

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