William A. Garnett (December 27, 1916 – August 26, 2006) was an American landscape photographer who specialized in aerial photography.
In 1944 he worked briefly for the Lockheed aircraft company before being drafted into the U.S. Army, where he assisted in the production of training films for the U.S. Signal Corps.
Bill to pay for flight instruction and by 1949 he had purchased his first plane and begun capturing the aerial photographs for which he is admired.
His work was also included in Edward Steichen's The Family of Man exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1955.
In 1958 Garnett moved from Los Angeles to Napa, California, and continued working as a commercial photographer for the next ten years.