After moving to New York City, he began working at House & Garden, renamed HG, as Senior Designer in January 1988 with Anna Wintour and Alexander Liberman at Condé Nast Publications.
Other works include an architectural project that capture the romance and nostalgia of vintage signs, landmarks, and other points of interest shot in and around New York, Los Angeles, and his hometown of New Orleans.
Bolen was the unit still photographer for Season 1[4] of K-Ville, the Fox Broadcasting Company show filmed for 11 episodes on location in New Orleans.
Bolen was also the unit still photographer for the pilot episode of HBO's Treme created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer, a New Orleans-set drama scheduled to premiere in April 2010.
Bolen was also the unit still photographer for HBO's "True Blood" Season Two finale with Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer when they were shooting in Baton Rouge, LA.