Bolling B. Willse Sr.

Bolling Willse is a local Monkton philosopher/photographer who has been capturing light for most of his life. He built his own darkroom when he was in middle school and dreamed of someday having the skill and resources to process and print color photographs. Bo spent much of his work life as a systems consultant for personal computers beginning in 1984. He spent his time building local area networks and teaching software applications. He developed and delivered computer literacy and advanced training courses for some of Baltimore’s most well knows companies. In 1997 Bo developed a strategy for capturing digital still images (using PC technology) from video sources. Finally, he could capture and print color photographs, which did not require a darkroom or toxic chemicals. Two years later he had acquired his first digital camera. Since then, he has captured and saved approximately 500,000 digital images, using a wide array of equipment. Bo has learned and used dozens of image editing software tools. Presently he employs smartphone, mirrorless, and traditional “DSLR” cameras in his craft.

Bo has developed a philosophy of photography in the age of social media and smartphone ubiquity.