Bill Hoenk began his career on Nantucket in 2003, when he visited for the first time as a summer worker at the famed restaurant, The Chanticleer, waiting tables.  It was during this time that he fell in love with the natural beauty of the island. After that summer, he pursued a photography degree at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh before returning to Nantucket in 2007 to work again, this time as Maitre d’ of the Chanticleer, to pay off his massive student loan debts… and he never left.

Bill spent the next decade working as a manager and server at the popular restaurant, Dune, while taking small photography jobs as a freelancer and building his portfolio. No longer in the restaurant industry, Bill is a full time freelance photographer offering photography workshops and instructional tours, and you can find him every Saturday throughout the summer selling his fine art landscape and seascape images of Nantucket at the Sustainable Nantucket Farmers and Artisans Market downtown. 

His photography has also graced the pages of many local, national and international publications including a photo on the cover of a special edition of Time Magazine, and his photography has been featured on several television networks including CBS, ESPN, The Weather Channel and HBO.

You can find more information about Bill through his website BillHoenkPhotography.com, and you can keep up with his more recent work through his Instagram account, @photohoenk.