I consider Bill Hocker to be one of the quintessential travel photographers. An insatiable globetrotter, he traveled (and still does) all over the planet to satisfy his passion for photography and his interest in new cultures. He is not a professional photographer, but is passionate about his avocation and makes no bones about it.
His formal background is in architecture, and he joined the Peace Corps in the early seventies. He says "from the Peace Corps experience, both travel and photography became important creative interests that would punctuate 12 more years of frustration in the architectural profession."
His website is a no-frills experience, with a plethora of wonderful galleries of his photographs. At least 21 galleries are there, out of which I chose China as the one to showcase in this post. Because of his professional training, I expected Bill to specialize in architectural photography, but he is multi-faceted and offers us all types of photographic styles. I favor those of people, but then I'm always biased. Be sure to view the photographs in the larger format ( to do so, you need to click on one the icons above the photograph).
A real travel photographer by any standard, and an extremely witty writer to boot...I warmly welcome Bill Hocker to the pages of TTP, and encourage my readers to explore his website.
Bill Hocker's website
