The Fabulous Neon Award - An Award that Bill received along with nine other designers at the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" Centennial Celebration Awards Show in Las Vegas featuring 50 digital ink transfer prints of Bill's photographic art of Cassic Las Vegas neon, neon designed by his peers, to whom he will always be indebted; with special thanks to Charles F Barnard, Jack Dubois, Marge Williams and Betty Willis
Twilight At The Little Sign That Could - The most recognized electric logo in the world designed by Betty Willis more than fifty years ago was the subject for this foreshortened telephoto view, a 35mm film exposure enhanced with more than 50 "digital pieces" of images looking North into the famed Las Vegas Strip for this definitive icon and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints signed by Betty Willis still available
Vegas Vick - A 35 mm transparency exposure digitally restored for color correction, electrical outage, lens distortion and ambience and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; matching art to "Vegas Vicki"; limited edition prints still available
Fremont Street West - One of Bill's best large format 4x5 film exposures edited for color correction, lens distortion, electric outage and creative ambience and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; a purchased favorite of many; exhibited also at Bill's "Color & Light" show; limited edition prints still available
Fremont Street East - A large format 4x5 film exposure edited for color correction, lens distortion, electric outage and creative ambience and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; an opposite/ complimentary view to "Fremont Street West"; exhibited also at Bill's "Color & Light" show; limited edition prints still available
The Neon Guitar - Multiple large format 4x5 transparency exposures digitally combined for this definitive image of the porte cochere at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
The Stardust Pylon - A large format 4x5 timed film exposure edited digitally in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, composition -such as repositioning cars/ restoring readerboard copy, lens distortion and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
The Stardust Rendering - The Original rendering digitally captured by Ben Blackwell of The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The University Art Museum in Berkeley, edited entirely by Bill Hannapple, for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; this is the original art used by sales to sell the project!
Star of the Strip - A famed view of Classic Las Vegas neon designed by Marge Williams; 35 mm film exposure digitally restored for color correction, electrical outage, lens distortion and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
Flamingo Porte Cochere - A 35 mm timed film exposure of the Classic Las Vegas Flamingo Hotel and Casino porte cochere designed by Raul Rodriguez; digitally restored for color correction, electrical outage and lens distortion and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
Flamingo Close up - A 35 mm timed film exposure to capture the traveling neon; digitally restored to correct for color correction, electrical outage and lens distortion and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
Fremont Coctail - A timed digital RAW exposure edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, composition and for the digital ink transfer print; ; limited edition prints still available
Vegas Vicki & Glitter Gulch - A 35 mm transparency exposure digitally restored for color correction, electrical outage, lens distortion, ambience, and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; matching art to "Vegas Vick"; designed by Charles F Barnard; limited edition prints still available
Glitter Gulch & Vegas Vickie - The Original rendering digitally captured by Ben Blackwell of The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The University Art Museum in Berkeley, edited entirely by Bill Hannapple, for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; this is the original art used by sales to sell the project!
Come Back Soon - A hand-held 1/30Th second film exposure (steadied against a lamp post) was necessary to get this image in time as Bill "looked back" walking away from the main shoot, almost too overwhelmed by the scene to capture it, but luck and calm prevailed; and here it is, the other side of the famous logo that is rarely seen or photographed; leaving Las Vegas (thank you again, Betty Willis); limited edition prints still available
Steve Wynn's Golden Nugget - A 35 mm timed film exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, composition and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
The Four Queens - A 35 mm timed film exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, composition and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
The Paris Blue and Gold - A 35 mm timed film exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, composition and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
The Desert Rose - A 35 mm timed transparency exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, composition and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
"H" is for Horseshoe - A 35 mm timed film exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, composition and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
Star Motel - 18" x 12" image-sized pigment print for the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; from a 35mm black and white film negative colourized by this artist; for admiration and with respect to Ken Young, a former Art Director at Ad Art, whose influence kept "stars" a continuing motif in my art; limited edition prints still available
Dunes Oasis & Neon Palmtrees - A 35 mm timed transparency exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, composition and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
The Dunes Oasis Rendering - The Original rendering digitally captured by Ben Blackwell of The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The University Art Museum in Berkeley, edited entirely by Bill Hannapple, for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; this is the original art used by sales to sell the project!
Vegas World - A one second single exposure on large format 4x5 transparency film; for Ad Art Signs Inc and designer Jack Dubois; digital restoration and the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" Las Vegas show by Bill; this is now the site of the amazing Stratosphere; limited edition prints still available
Vegas World Rendering by Jack Dubois - The Original rendering digitally captured by Ben Blackwell of The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The University Art Museum in Berkeley, edited entirely by Bill Hannapple, for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; this is the original art used by sales to sell the project!
The Orleans Pylon - Four one/half second exposures on large format 4x5 film; digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, perspective and lens distortion; and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; designed by Buzz Leming; limited edition prints still available
Hacienda Horse and Rider - A 35 mm timed film exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, perspective and lens distortion and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; original Hacienda pylon display designed by Buzz Leming; limited edition prints still available
Slot Joint - A 35 mm timed film exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, composition and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
The Restored Holsum in Las Vegas - A large format 4x5 film exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, perspective and lens distortion and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
Starlite and Jerrys Nugget - A 35 mm timed transparency exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, composition and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
Las Vegas Wedding Chapel - A 35 mm timed film exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, composition and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; limited edition prints still available
Midnight at the Anderson Dairy - A 35 mm timed film exposure digitally edited in Adobe Photoshop for color correction, electrical outage, perspective and lens distortion, and for the digital ink transfer print exhibited in the "Fifty Years of Fabulous Neon" awards show; a personal favorite of Bill's; thank you also to Kwok Wai Tang of Los Angeles; limited edition prints still available
The Algiers - Digital restoration of 50 years plus "stereo" transparencies (1/2 35mm size) for color, scratches, crimps, perspective, lens distortion, electric outage and OA shadow and highlight detail in Adobe Photoshop; limited edition prints still available
Nat King Cole at the Sands - Digital restoration of 50 years plus "stereo" transparencies (1/2 35mm size) for color, scratches, crimps, perspective, lens distortion, electric outage and OA shadow and highlight detail in Adobe Photoshop; limited edition prints still available
Flamingo - Digital restoration of 50 years plus "stereo" transparencies (1/2 35mm size) for color, scratches, crimps, perspective, lens distortion, electric outage and OA shadow and highlight detail in Adobe Photoshop; limited edition prints still available
Thank You Again Herman Boergne - Digital restoration of 50 years plus "stereo" transparencies (1/2 35mm size) for color, scratches, crimps, perspective, lens distortion, electric outage and OA shadow and highlight detail in Adobe Photoshop; limited edition prints still available
The Silver Slipper - Digital restoration of 50 years plus "stereo" transparencies (1/2 35mm size) for color, scratches, crimps, perspective, lens distortion, electric outage and OA shadow and highlight detail in Adobe Photoshop; limited edition prints still available
The Golden Nugget Marquee - Digital restoration of 50 years plus "stereo" transparencies (1/2 35mm size) for color, scratches, crimps, perspective, lens distortion, electric outage and OA shadow and highlight detail in Adobe Photoshop; limited edition prints still available
Lucky Strike Bingo - Digital restoration of 50 years plus "stereo" transparencies (1/2 35mm size) for color, scratches, crimps, perspective, lens distortion, electric outage and OA shadow and highlight detail in Adobe Photoshop; limited edition prints still available
The Cowboy - Digital restoration of 50 years plus "stereo" transparencies (1/2 35mm size) for color, scratches, crimps, perspective, lens distortion, electric outage and OA shadow and highlight detail in Adobe Photoshop; limited edition prints still available
Jack Pot Arcade - Digital restoration of 50 years plus "stereo" transparencies (1/2 35mm size) for color, scratches, crimps, perspective, lens distortion, electric outage and OA shadow and highlight detail in Adobe Photoshop; limited edition prints still available
Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicanna - Digital restoration of 50 years plus "stereo" transparencies (1/2 35mm size) for color, scratches, crimps, perspective, lens distortion, electric outage and OA shadow and highlight detail in Adobe Photoshop; limited edition prints still available
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