About
This online collection was created from the works published during the life of Weiferd Watts, at his own curation. All images were taken from his personal website, www.weifoto.com, which were published digitally before 2008. Omeka was chosen as collection structure for its ability to handle metadata for archiving and library collections use.
Photographer Weiferd Watts September 26, 1956 - October 10, 2010
Weiferd Watts was born in San Francisco on September 26, 1956 to the union of Julius and Martha Watts. He was the third of six children. His early years were spent growing up in Berkeley, CA and it was during that time he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. His family moved to Oakland CA in 1970 where Weiferd attended Fremont High School and graduated in 1974.
Throughout his childhood Weiferd displayed great artistic ability, which led to his attending the California School of Arts and Crafts. In time he adopted the hobby of taking snapshots and that hobby developed into a passion which grew and grew and grew. In order to increase his knowledge and enhance his photography skills, Weiferd began attending San Francisco City College. His devotion to his craft served him well. Weiferd eventually established a special association with the ballet / dance community as well as the bodybuilding community. Weiferd’s expertise in those fields made him well sought-after.
For nearly 30 years, Weiferd worked in the banking industry. He was employed by Bank of California for a number of years and then he worked for Union Bank for 18 years.
Weiferd had a real zest for living and did not limit himself from experiencing the things that sparked his interest. He loved traveling and meeting people. He enjoyed most sports, particularly tennis, baseball (Go Giants!) football (Go 49ers!) basketball and bicycling. He had a great sense of humor. He loved to laugh and make other s laugh as well. He always looked forward to the family gatherings at Thanksgiving, Christmas and other Holidays. Those were very special times for him because he got to spend it with his nieces and nephews who he cherished dearly. He was a loving son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, neighbor, co-worker and friend.
Weiferd was a bachelor throughout his live and leaves behind no children. He leaves to mourn his passing 2 sisters; Theresa Greer an Tonette Watts of Oakland, 1 brother Marcus Watts of Stockton; 4 nephews, 4 nieces, 1 great-niece, and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
Weiferd was preceded in death by his parents Julius and Martha Watts and sisters Juliette Williams and Oretta Watts. His kind and gentle spirit will be truly missed.