Bill Pappas(1945 - ) is an award winning Cleveland photographer whose work consists of scenic vignettes from a wide variety of locations, as well as studies of people from a visually enhanced perspective. Soon after graduation from John Carroll University where he studied Chemistry, Bill pursued what has become a lifelong career in photography, starting in 1971 with the founding of his own commercial studio. He has now transitioned completely into fine art photography.
His work has been exhibited in the May Show at the Cleveland Museum of Art, The New May Show at Lakeland Community College, The New York Art Director’s One Show, the Graphis Press publication “Photographis” in Zurich, Switzerland, The Cleveland Society of Communicating Arts, The Butler Institute of Art in Youngstown, The Willoughby Hills Gallery, Gates Mills juried shows, The Fairmount Center for the Arts juried shows, The Euclid Art Association, The Red Dot Project, Zygote Press, Waterloo 7 Gallery in Cleveland, and The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado, and The Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia. Bill's work is part of the permanent fine arts collection at both Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and The Cleveland Clinic.