Simon Roberts (photographer) explained

Simon Roberts
Birth Date: df=y 5 February 1974
Birth Place:Croydon
Nationality:British
Occupation:Photographer

Simon Roberts (born 5 February 1974) is a British photographer. His work deals with peoples' "relationship to landscape and notions of identity and belonging."[1]

Roberts' books include Motherland (2007), We English (2009), Pierdom (2013), and Merrie Albion (2017). His work has been exhibited internationally.

The Royal Photographic Society has awarded him an Honorary Fellowship and its Vic Odden Award, and he was commissioned by the UK parliament Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art as the official 2010 British Election Artist.

Life and work

Roberts studied a BA Hons in Human Geography at the University of Sheffield (1996).[2] He currently lives in Brighton, England.[3]

Between July 2004 and August 2005 Roberts travelled throughout Russia,[4] taking in 65 destinations from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok.[5] This resulted in the book and exhibition Motherland and the exhibition Polyarnye Nochi.

Between August 2007 and September 2008 Roberts travelled throughout England in a motor home using a large format camera capturing people at play, and exploring the relationship between people and the places they visit. This resulted in the book and exhibition We English.[6] [7] In the "Observer critics' review of 2011" Sean O'Hagan included the We English exhibition at Flowers East in London in his top 10 photography exhibitions of the year.[8] Parr and Badger include the book We English in the third volume of their photobook history.[9]

Roberts was commissioned by the UK parliament Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art as the official Election Artist to document campaigning activity around the country in the run-up to the 2010 General Election.[10] Roberts travelled the country, again in a motor home, using an old plate camera to photograph from the elevated position of its roof.[11] This resulted in The Election Project touring exhibition and The Election Project Newspaper publication (which was made available free to download in 2012).

Roberts has also made other series of work: Polyarnye Nochi (polar nights),[12] Star Chambers (2011),[13] Landscapes of Innocence & Experience (2011), Credit Crunch Lexicon (2011–2012), Let This Be a Sign (2011–2012),[14] Pierdom (2011–2012),[15] The Last Moment (2011–2012) and XXX Olympiad (2012).

Publications

Publications by Roberts

Newspapers, zines and postcards by Roberts

Publications with contributions by Roberts

Notable exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions or exhibitions during festivals

Awards

Collections

Roberts' work is held in the following permanent collections:

Notes

  1. "Simon Roberts". Simon Roberts. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. "Wish you were here – Simon Roberts", George Eastman House. Accessed 19 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Facebook profile of Simon Roberts. 25 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Motherland – Simon Roberts . 23 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426071151/http://photosheffield.org.uk/exhibitions/motherland-simon-roberts . 26 April 2012 . dmy-all .
  5. News: In pictures - Simon Roberts's collection of photographs of Russia, Motherland, is unexpectable, says Viv Groskop . 23 December 2011 . Viv Groskop . Viv. Groskop. London . The Guardian . 17 March 2007.
  6. News: Audio slideshow: The English at play. 24 December 2011 .
  7. Web site: Simon Roberts: We English. 4 May 2020. National Science and Media Museum.
  8. News: Series: Observer critics' review of 2011 — The best photography of 2011: Sean O'Hagan's choice. 11 December 2011 . 8 January 2012 . O'Hagan . Sean . The Observer .
  9. Book: Martin . Parr . Gerry . Badger . The Photobook: A History Volume III . 2014 . London . Phaidon . 9780714866772 . 176.
  10. News: Photographer Simon Roberts is official election artist. 20 March 2010 . BBC News . 20 March 2010.
  11. News: Election 2010: South Yorkshire. 24 December 2011 .
  12. Web site: Telegraph article on Polyarnye Nochi . https://web.archive.org/web/20100115001028/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/6951553/Polyarnye-Nochi.html. dead. 15 January 2010. 25 July 2017.
  13. Web site: Days of Reckoning. Financial Times. 29 April 2011 . 25 December 2011 . Simon Roberts .
  14. Web site: Festival Diary - Let This Be a Sign - Simon Roberts . 19 January 2014 . London Festival of Photography . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202202624/http://archive.lfph.org/diary/let-this-be-a-sign-simon-roberts.html . 2 February 2014 . dmy-all .
  15. Web site: Britain’s Beloved Victorian-Era Pleasure Piers. 9 December 2013 . 9 December 2013 . Teicher . Jordan . .
  16. Its website is motherlandbook.com.
  17. Its website is we-english.co.uk.
  18. Its website is theelectionproject.co.uk/blog/election-project-newspaper and simoncroberts.com/shop/election-project-newspaper/ where it was available to download.
  19. Web site: Simon Roberts: This is a Sign. 9 January 2012. The Photographers' Gallery. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121218223231/http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/simon-roberts-this-is-a-sign. 18 December 2012. dmy-all.
  20. Its web page is simoncroberts.com/shop/this-is-a-sign-newspaper/.
  21. Web site: Sean. O'Hagan. Sean O'Hagan (journalist). 2018-07-25. Photographer Simon Roberts puts political England in the frame. 12 April 2010. The Guardian.
  22. Web site: 2018-07-25. Simon Roberts: We English. National Science and Media Museum.
  23. http://www.klompching.com/kcg/pastexhibitions2009.htm List of past exhibitions
  24. http://www.robertmorat.de/artists/roberts/photogr_roberts.html Page about exhibitions by Roberts
  25. News: 2018-07-25. Audio slideshow: The English at play. BBC News. 23 April 2011. www.bbc.co.uk.
  26. Web site: loic. 2018-07-25. Simon Roberts - We English. www.festivalpluiedimages.com.
  27. News: Let this be a sign. 24 May 2012 . 9 January 2013 . Phil . Coomes . BBC .
  28. News: Art Diary: Sea here. 29 August 2013 . 7 September 2013 . Amy . Smith . Camden Review .
  29. Web site: ArtSlant - Friday 8th November - Saturday 21st December, Klompching Gallery, Simon Roberts. 28 October 2013 . ArtSlant .
  30. http://www.parisphoto.com/agenda/simon-roberts-pierdom Exhibition notice
  31. Web site: 20 July 2018. [The 60th Program] Simon Roberts]. 広島市現代美術館.
  32. http://www.mocashanghai.org/index.php?_function=exhibition&_subFunction=viewByID&exhibition_id=30&_view=detail MOCA Shanghai 2008
  33. http://www.mocp.org/exhibitions/2008/02/this-land-is-your-land.php MOCP Chicago 2008
  34. Web site: Simon Roberts: Landscape Studies of a Small Island. 23 April 2014 . .
  35. Web site: Winners . Ian Parry Scholarship . 24 April 2011.
  36. "Vic Odden Award", Royal Photographic Society. Accessed 21 November 2017.
  37. Web site: World Press Photo - List of winners 2010. 13 February 2010.
  38. Web site: Honorary Fellowships (HonFRPS). Royal Photographic Society. 21 November 2017.
  39. "Collection News", p.36 within Pallant House Gallery Magazine 25, here at Issuu.com. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  40. Terry Grimley, "A photographic collection to be proud of", Birmingham Post, 19 November 2009. On the web, divided into three pages; see the third of these. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  41. https://www.deutscheboersephotographyfoundation.org/en/collect/artists/simon-roberts.php Simon Roberts
  42. Web site: Works by Simon Roberts. 22 November 2017 . .
  43. http://www.mocp.org/info.php?s=roberts&t=objects&type=all Search results for "roberts"
  44. https://archive.today/20130415120952/http://www.nelson-atkins.org/collections/a-z-artist.cfm?lname=R Names starting with "R"
  45. "Photographer Simon Roberts selected as 2010 British election artist ", parliament.uk, 22 March 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2013.

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