Bill Atkinson

BILL ATKINSON is an innovator in the fields of nature photography, printmaking, computer science, and neuroscience. He came to photography from computer science. As a member of the core Macintosh development team, Atkinson was primarily responsible for designing and implementing the Mac's revolutionary mouse-based graphical user interface. He invented the pull-down menu and wrote the original QuickDraw, MacPaint, and HyperCard software. Atkinson has gone on to make seminal contributions to the...See more

BILL ATKINSON is an innovator in the fields of nature photography, printmaking, computer science, and neuroscience. He came to photography from computer science. As a member of the core Macintosh development team, Atkinson was primarily responsible for designing and implementing the Mac's revolutionary mouse-based graphical user interface. He invented the pull-down menu and wrote the original QuickDraw, MacPaint, and HyperCard software. Atkinson has gone on to make seminal contributions to the development of fine-art digital photography and printmaking. With Charles Cramer, Atkinson has taught his new method to over 200 nature photographers, including Franz Lanting, Jack Dykinga, and the late Galen Rowell. "Within the Stone" is the first publication to showcase the Atkinson method. See less