axissmog.pages.dev

Simon roberts photographer biography

    •

Simon Roberts (photographer)

British photographer (born 1974)

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[2] and its Vic Odden Award,[3] 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).[4] He currently lives in Brighton, England.[5]

Between July 2004 and August 2005 Roberts travelled throughout Russia,[6] taking in 65 destinations from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok.[7] This resulted in the book and exhibition Motherland and the exhibition Polyarnye Nochi.

Between Augus

    •

MW

What inspired you to start taking photographs, and what is the primary inspiration for you to keep working in this field?

SR

My formative years are infused with memories of my Dad photographing us kids and then setting up his old slide projector as we spent Sunday afternoon’s in the dark sitting through presentations of his (un-edited) photographs, listening to his enthusiastic running commentary. Whilst these experiences gave me an early connection with the medium, the primary inspiration that unlocked the marvel of photography was a holiday to Yosemite National Park, in California, when I was fourteen. Mid-way through the holiday I visited an exhibition of Ansel Adams’ photographs of Yosemite (some of his most iconic work) that were on permanent display in the Visitor Centre. As an impressionable youngster I was struck by the beauty and clarity of his photographs, however, more importantly, I was confused as to how these black and white, two-dimensional objects on the wall could be so much more engaging than the physical landscape I’d spent the past ten

    •

Chester Live, “Empty H&M store in Chester houses new exhibition looking at state of the British high street”, 02 June 2023, Ferguson, Angela (link)
1000 Words,”Fotografia Europea 2023 Top three festival highlights”, June 2023, Clark, Tim. (link)
FT Weekend Magazine, “Gallery”, June 2023, Lustig, Josh. (pdf)
The Guardian, “Kiss fans, Poundland and Grenfell Tower: modern Britain – in pictures”, May 2023 (link)
Art UK, “Ten artists to follow on Instagram in 2022”, January 2022, Figes, Lydia. (link)
V&A Museum, “Pandemic Objects- The Sea”, December 2020, Kaluznick, Hana. (link)
The Critic, “Election Artists”, December 2019, Prodger, Michael. (pdf)
iO Donna Magazine, “Cartoline dalle Italia”, June 2019, Scaraffia, Giuseppe. (link)
RPS, “Best Shots”, June 2019, Padley, Gemma. (pdf)
Photograph, “Photograph is 30”, January / February 2019, Schmerler, Sarah (pdf)
Blouin ArtInfo, “In New York, Peering Through Simon Roberts’ Eyes”, 04 December 2018, Goodwin, Connor (pdf)
Albion Magazi

Copyright ©axissmog.pages.dev 2025