Robert Rosen (photographer) explained

Robert Rosen (born 1953) is an Australian fashion, social and fine art photographer.

Life and work

Born in South Africa, he emigrated with his family to Australia in 1960 and grew up in suburban Melbourne. After high school, he studied photography at the Prahran College of Technology but dropped out after being pressured by a teacher to take a more commercial approach.^[1]

He moved to the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross, where he unsuccessfully pursued work as a fashion photographer, before moving to London in 1975.^[1] Rosen was active from the 1970s to the 2010s.^[2] He retired to live in Bali.^[1]

Collections

Rosen's work is held in the Australian National Portrait Gallery^[3] and the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Australia;^[4] the latter holds an extensive archive of his work.^[5]

Books

• Siblings (1999)
• Glitterati: Shooting Fashion, Fame & Fortune (2018)^{[6] [7] [8]}
• Snap!: Twenty Years of Social Photography (2000)^[9]

Notes and References

1. News: Photographer Robert Rosen snaps celebrities in unguarded moments – often with their permission. ABC News. 24 May 2022. 24 May 2022.
2. Web site: Wright . Briony . legendary photographer robert rosen on his life behind the velvet rope . i-D . en . 20 September 2017.
3. Web site: Stephen and Russell Page, 1993 (printed 2011) . National Portrait Gallery collection.
4. Web site: Photographic print of Simon Reptile by Robert Rosen . collection.maas.museum . en.
5. Web site: Robert Rosen photography archive . collection.maas.museum . en.
6. Web site: a book review by Jeffrey Felner: Glitterati: Shooting Fashion, Fame & Fortune . www.nyjournalofbooks.com.
7. Web site: Shooting Fashion, Fame & Fortune . www.female.com.au . en.
8. Web site: Adams . Cameron . My era wa glamour . Stellar via www.pressreader.com.
9. Web site: Pasa . Guido . PHOTO 2021 . PHOTO 2021 . en.