Walter Wick | |
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 Wick at the Mazza Museum in 2013 | |
| Born | February 23, 1953 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, photographer, writer |
| Spouse | Linda Cheverton Wick |
Walter Wick (born February 23, 1953) is an American artist and photographer best known for the elaborate images in two series of picture book activities for young children, I Spy (1992 to 1999) and Can You See What I See? (2002 to 2013), both published by Scholastic.
Wick was born in Hartford, Connecticut [ citation needed ] and grew up in rural East Granby, Connecticut. [1] His brother introduced him to photography. [1]
Wick studied photojournalism at the Paier College of Art. [1]
After graduation, he opened a studio in New York. [1]
He embarked on a career as a commercial photographer and eventually shifted to photo-illustration for books and magazines. He contributed to Scholastic's Let's Find Out and Super Science series and photographed hundreds of mass-market magazine covers. [2] He also created photographic puzzles for Games magazine. [2]
In 1991, Wick began a collaboration with writer Jean Marzollo on the enormously successful I Spy search-and-find picture books. [2] Eight original titles were produced and millions of copies sold. Wick received the Boston Globe-Horn Book first prize for non-fiction for his book A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder (1997). His book Walter Wick's Optical Tricks was named one of the year's "best illustrated books" by The New York Times .
In 2003, Wick and his wife purchased an abandoned 1920 firehouse from the city of Hartford and renovated the building into an art studio. [3] [4]
Wick originally used a large-format camera for his I Spy photographs, which created 8x10 negatives. He switched to a digital camera in 2004. [2] The scenes he photographs can take anywhere from several days to several weeks to be constructed; each book Wick works on takes about a year of work to complete. [2] [3]
Wick's collection of work, Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos, and Toys in the Attic, continues to exhibit in museums across the country including the Vero Beach Museum of Art, the Shelburne Museum, and Brigham Young University Museum of Art. [1]
Wick is married to Linda Cheverton Wick, a former photo prop stylist for magazines and cookbooks. [4]
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