My father at 33 years old, William Gill before enlisting in 1940 with the Royal Air Force was a commercial photographer in Glasgow Scotland.
He died in 1969, at the time I was 14 years old and his Photographic background was unknown to me at the time, I discovered this information within the last five years; after 40 years pursuing my photographic portfolio.
World War 2 military record of William Gill(Top section only)
Kenneth J. Gill
Born 1955, North Kelvinside, Glasgow, Scotland. Attended North Kelvinside Senior Secondary School 1967-72, Oban Drive, Glasgow. (1966-72). Started photography 1973. Bryan and Shear Ltd, Commercial and Industrial Photographers, Berkley St. Glasgow. Communication Design Diploma from Epsom School of Art and Design, Surrey, England. (1977-80). Graphic Designer/Process Camera Operator at Calverts Press, Clerkenwell, London. (1980-84). Lived in New Zealand for one year. Toured the North West Coast, USA and up to Southeast Alaska. Married and lives in Juneau, Alaska.
This image was awarded the 10th prize in the national contest of United States in Wiki Loves Monuments 2019. Sunrise over the T. A. Moulton Barn and Grand Teton Range, Wyoming, USA.
This image was awarded the 10th prize in the national contest of United States in Wiki Loves Monuments 2016. Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, a historic Catholic mission in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Niki Lauda while at Silverstone Pitlane with Carlos Reutemann in background, Race of Champions Formula One - Silverstone, England.
Niki taking Maggotts Copse at John Player Grand Prix, Silverstone, England (1975).
Summer Sunrise over Mormon Row Historic Barn with Grand Teton Range.
Frank Lloyd Wright's SC Johnson Laboratory Tower and Administration buildings.
The City and Borough of Juneau Police Department and Patrol Cars (1998).
Fort Christiansvaern, Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI (Photo circa 1996) 35mm.
Sons of Norway Hall, Petersburg, Southeast Alaska.
Penguin Pool, Zoological Gardens NW1, Regents Park by Lubetkin & Tecton 1934
Just off South Shelter Island, Juneau, Alaska 2009.
Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park.
Mervyn Africa on piano, at the Elephant & Castle, London 1983.
The Plonton position of Torture. (ESAD project 1979).
Ickx Mass Porsche Pits, The World Championship For Manufacturers 6 Hours Silverstone 1976.
Drivers Ronnie Peterson and Gunnar Nilsson , BMW Motorsport GmbH (D). The World Championship For Manufacturers 6 Hours Silverstone (1976).
Henri Pescarolo Porsche 936T, at Le Mans 24 Hours in 1977.
City and Borough of Juneau, Capital of Alaska. City Transit Center and Parking Garage with Mount Juneau.
Patsy Ann awaits Cruise ships in Juneau, Alaska.
Downtown Juneau with Cold Storage Building and fishing fleet.
Alaska Seaplanes on Float pond at Juneau Airport.
AMHS Le Conte ferry actually heading into Auke Bay
Logo entered in State design competition for Alaska's 50th. (Not Placed.
A view of the Mendenhall Lake while frozen, with calved Icebergs from the Mendenhall Glacier protruding above surface.
Commercial fishing in Juneau, Southeast Alaska.
Sentinel Island lighthouse, early 2003 Digital Olympus Camera.
Treadwell Pumphouse, Douglas Island, Alaska
Orcas; adult with young calf off Point Lena
Mendenhall Glacier Ice Cave (circa 2011)
Tongass National Forest
Waterfall off the John Muir Trail, Juneau, Alaska
James Hunt in Hesketh March 308, Race of Champions, 1974.