{"id":1179,"date":"2014-04-09T22:30:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T22:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/?page_id=1179"},"modified":"2018-07-25T13:14:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T13:14:58","slug":"photographer-billy-tompkins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/photographer-billy-tompkins\/","title":{"rendered":"<br \/>Billy Tompkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Tompkins got a crash course in cool when he attended his first Rolling Stones concert in New York City at age fifteen and got to go backstage, camera at the ready. Soon after, the Queens native began his photography career with rebellion worthy of the rock n\u2019 rollers he loved: he started smuggling his camera and other gear into concerts and shot away without official credentials.<\/p>\n<p>Later, after a professional career he jump-started with his work on <em>UN Magazine<\/em>, he became the real deal, shooting The Who, The Cars, Dave Matthews, and a lot more in work so noteworthy that Hard Rock has showcased his photography in their hotel lobbies. Then he went on to expertly capture the high drama and passion of boxing, shooting big-time matches like those of Cano and Shane Mosely, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>Billy\u2019s work has a classic edge; he began to shoot digital relatively recently, and he still has a deep love for film.\u00a0 Then again, he\u2019s always ready to embrace anything that will take him to the next stage of the game\u2026wherever that may be.<\/p>\n<p>See more of Billy Tompkins\u2019 photography <a title=\"Billy Tompkins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/search\/?keywords=Billy+Tompkins\">click here<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"Billy Tompkins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/search\/?keywords=Billy+Tompkins\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1687\" title=\"Billy Tompkins\" src=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Featured-Images-Template-Billy-Tompkin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Featured-Images-Template-Billy-Tompkin.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Featured-Images-Template-Billy-Tompkin-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Billy Tompkins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/search\/?keywords=Billy+Tompkins\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back to <a title=\"Photographers Main Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/photographers\/\">Photographers Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Limited Runs on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LimitedRuns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Facebook sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Facebook-sm1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Limited Runs on Tumblr\" href=\"http:\/\/limitedruns.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tumblr Logo sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tumblr-Logo-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Limited Runs on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LimitedRuns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Twitter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Twitter-Logo-copy1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Limited Runs on Google +\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+Limitedruns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Google +\" src=\"http:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Google-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Tompkins got a crash course in cool when he attended his first Rolling Stones concert in New York City at age fifteen and got to go backstage, camera at the ready. Soon after, the Queens native began his photography career with rebellion worthy of the rock n\u2019 rollers he loved: he started smuggling his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9580,"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1179\/revisions\/9580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.limitedruns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}