Books for Purchase
Bill Brett has been taking pictures for more than half a century, a significant portion of them for The Boston Globe, which he joined as a part-time photographer at age 18. After taking a company-offered buyout from the paper in 2001, Bill continues to contribute to the newspaper’s pages while producing five books – Boston: All One Family; Boston: An Extended Family; Boston: A Year in the Life; Boston: Inspirational Women; and, Boston: Irish. Bill is working on his sixth book, Boston: Game Changers, which is slated to be published in 2019. The first three books proved to be bestsellers for Commonwealth Editions. The subsequent two have been successful titles for Three Bean Press, which is Bill’s publisher for Boston: Game Changers. Bill’s books are available for purchase. See descriptions and links below.
Boston Game Changers
PUBLISHER: Three Bean Press; first edition (2019)
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Acclaimed photographer Bill Brett’s Boston: Game Changers is a celebration of the good people of Boston and the great things they do. Bill’s sixth title, with text by Carol Beggy, marks a return to his roots in photojournalism, and seeks out the stories that are uniquely Bostonian for a compendium of more than 190 color and black and white photographs about the city and people he loves. Those showcased within this book have changed the game in Boston in some way whether by small, human gestures or grand, highly successful initiatives.
Boston Irish
PUBLISHER: Three Bean Press; first edition (2014)
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Acclaimed Boston photographer Bill Brett returns with Boston, Irish, a deeply personal collection of 260+ black-and-white portraits capturing the city’s Irish-American community. Dedicated to his mother, Mary Ann Brett, the book chronicles a bygone era of immigrants and multi-generational Irish Bostonians—from a 99-year-old nun to an Irish tenor and a best-selling novelist. Spanning all corners of the Irish experience, Boston, Irish reflects the grit, heart, and faith of a community that shaped the city. For Bill Brett, Boston’s Irish story runs deeper than history—it lives on every page.
Boston Inspirational Women
PUBLISHER: Three Bean Press; first edition (2011)
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Father-and-daughter photographers Bill Brett and Kerry Brett offer their first collaborative book Boston, Inspirational Women. Compelling for its content and stunning in its beauty, Boston, Inspirational Women is comprised of more than 125 black-and-white portraits, revealing prominent doctors; accomplished actors and writers; the first female iron-worker to “top off” a Boston high-rise; respected business leaders; a woman who ran the Boston Marathon blindfolded; successful politicians; dedicated moms; and some of the most important philanthropists in the country. The book is about women who are making a difference in Boston, and the world.
Boston, A Year in the Life
PUBLISHER: Three Bean Press; first edition (2008)
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Bill set out on a year-long quest, from April 16, 2007 to April 21, 2008, to photograph an image a day somewhere in the City of Boston. The result, Boston: A Year in the Life, takes readers from neighborhood to neighborhood and from face to face, taking one picture every day of the year. The result is an intimate and affecting portrait of the city, from iconic events like the Boston Marathon, the Red Sox winning the pennant, to backstage, backyard views of the city at work and play. This book brings readers everyday Boston, as we live and experience it.
Boston, An Extended Family
PUBLISHER: Three Bean Press; first edition (2007)
Boston, All One Family
PUBLISHER: Three Bean Press; first edition (2005)
With virtually unlimited access to the city’s leaders, the Boston Globe’s society photographer has spent the past two years stitching together a beautiful portrait of Boston-not the bricks and buildings, but the people who make it move. There are celebrities aplenty here (from pols and pundits to actors and artists) but there are also dozens of images of community leaders who donate their time and money to make Boston a family more than ever.
