Bill Fox, a San Francisco native, attended his first football game at the age of six to watch the 49ers take on the Green Bay Packers in 1956 at Kezar Field. Fox tried his hand at quarterback at Lincoln High School in the mid-60’s, alongside teammate Mike Holmgren. Fox went on to play football collegiately…

San Francisco 49ers team photographer Terrell Lloyd has been with the organization for over 15 years. He is noted for his experience shooting professional and college sports. In 1994 Terrell Lloyd was granted the opportunity to shoot on the sidelines at a San Francisco 49ers game and his passion for sports photography exploded. Over the…

Frank Rippon, a San Francisco native, acquired a camera and started photographing while in his early teens. “Rip” began photographing local college teams out of high school and shortly after approached the San Francisco 49ers organization to shoot.   He started his long career with the 49ers shooting every home game from 1948 through the…

Michael Zagaris began as a team photographer for the San Francisco 49ers in 1973, and the Oakland A’s in 1981, both which he continues to shoot to this day. To date, Zagaris has photographed 34 Super Bowls, 12 World Series and 14 All Star games. His photos have appeared in numerous publications including the cover…

Initially attending San Jose State for his photography, Ben Alexy quickly moved from photography to painting and never looked back. In painting, he found a voice and a strong sense of purpose and direction. His early photographic training continues to inform his work in terms of both composition and the implication of time inherent in…

Milton Bowens is the Lead Artist in Residence at Twin Rivers Unified School District. He has visited more than 60 schools over the past two years and was the spokesperson for Sacramento’s Any Given Child 2010 inaugural year. Bowens has donated his artwork to raise over $25,000 for arts & charitable organizations in the Sacramento…

Growing up in the small farming town of Hughson, in the heart of California’s Central Valley, Nick Brown was surrounded by orchards that seemed as endless as the skies above them. Sports were a big part of Brown’s life, which had to find their place in his daily schedule of drawing, painting, and clay-making. A…

Adam Feibelman was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He took to the art of graffiti, a path that would eventually take him to the California College of Arts. His studies in printmaking and illustration won him the Yozo Hamaguchi award in printmaking, and a BFA with distinction. In the years following his formal…

Chris Filart was born in the Philippines in 1973 and is an up-and-coming mixed-media, figurative artist living and working in the Silicon Valley. He attended and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and drawing from San Francisco State University. Filart applies classical painting and drawing techniques to convey movement and emotion with…

Bart Forbesʼ unique approach to painting is the result of many years spent both as a fine artist and an illustrator. His interest in sports has led to a wide variety of major commissions. Forbes has created theme paintings for a variety of PGA and Seniors’ tournaments, and is known for his many posters and…