Author and photographer Raymond Bial makes images on assignment for books, magazines, advertising, and stock photography. His books have been published by Houghton Mifflin, Scholastic, Walker & Company, Marshall Cavendish, Midwest Traditions, the University of Illinois Press, and other fine publishers. His work has also been used by book publisher ranging from National Geographic to MacGraw-Hill, advertising agencies such as Leo Burnett, and media such as PBS. He is a highly-skilled photographer who works with ease both in color and in black and white. Working primarily with medium-format and 35mm equipment, he is best known for his versatility in portraiture, landscapes, and still lifes, and his sensitivity toward his subjects. He has published over eighty critically-acclaimed, award-winning books of photographs for children and adults. His photoessays for children include Corn Belt Harvest, County Fair, Amish Home, Frontier Home, Shaker Home, The Underground Railroad, Portrait of a Farm Family, With Needle and Thread: A Book About Quilts, Cajun Home, Mist Over the Mountains: Appalachia and Its People, The Strength of These Arms: Life in the Slave Quarters, Where Lincoln Walked, A Handful of Dirt, Ghost Towns of the American West, Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side, and Where Washington Walked. Although his children’s books are intended as middle readers, they are popular “crossover books” that appeal to younger children and adults as well. His books are especially suitable for parents, grandparents, teachers, and librarians to share with children. As with his other work, the artist’s deep feeling for his subjects is evident in these books of photographs. More biographical information about Raymond is available in recent editions of Who’s Who in America and the following publications. Something about the Author, Volume 116, provides the most detailed biography to date.
For additional details read this personal essay about Raymond and his work. Over the years, Raymond’s work has received many Awards & Honors. Raymond often speaks at conferences, visits schools, and offers
photography workshops. For more information, see Conferences,
School Visits, and Workshops.
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