Tag: simon roberts
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Simon Roberts – The Last Moment | LensCulture
The Last Moment – Photographs by Simon Roberts | LensCulture
Today, everything and anything can prompt somebody to take a picture, to capture a fleeting memory, to record an event (whether potentially historic or totally mundane) — here is one serious photographer’s investigation into this global phenomenon
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/simon-roberts-the-last-moment
In The Last Moment (2011-2014) Simon Roberts uses techniques of scanning, layering, marking and masking to create stripped back, abstract images in which circles of various sizes float free in semi-transparent skies.
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The Victorian Pleasure Piers of a British Summer
LightBox | Time
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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/09/10/the-victorian-pleasure-piers-of-a-british-summer/#1
The pleasure pier, a monument to the Victorian era and stalwart feature of many British coastal towns, was the inspiration behind photographer Simon Roberts’ latest project. Thirty-nine-year-old Roberts has spent the past three years traversing the coastline of Britain photographing these eccentric Victorian constructions. The result of his labors is Pierdom – a landscape format monograph featuring every single one of Britain’s remaining 58 piers, along with a handful of seascapes that mark where long-lost piers once stood.
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Simon Roberts
Simon Roberts
MW What inspired you to start taking photographs, and what is the primary inspiration for you to keep working in this field? SR My form…
Link: http://2waylens.blogspot.com/2011/04/simon-roberts.html
In my opinion there is no right or wrong time to start promoting your work, only hindsight can answer this question. The most important piece of advice I can give to an emerging photographer is to continually take advice from a mentor figure, someone who understands what your work is about and whose opinions you value. Furthermore, learn quickly from your mistakes. This industry is like walking a tight rope – it’s easy to fall, so take slow and steady steps forward.
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Simon Roberts, HOST Podcast
During his recent talk with the HOST Gallery, Simon Roberts discussed the different methods and strategies he employed when photographing the political life and various campaigns during the 2010 General Election campaign.
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Photographer Simon Roberts puts political England in the frame – guardian.co.uk
Photographer Simon Roberts puts political England in the frame
Sean O’Hagan: Simon Roberts has invited the public to turn their cameras on an England gearing up for the 2010 general election. Already, the results are jaw-dropping
via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/apr/12/photographer-simon-roberts-2010-general-election
Simon Roberts has invited the public to turn their cameras on an England gearing up for the 2010 general election. Already, the results are jaw-dropping
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Showcase: Leisure as a National Mirror – Lens
“How do you capture a nation?” Simon Roberts asked.
Here’s how he did it: with a 4-by-5 camera and a recreational vehicle. Mr. Roberts traveled across England in 2007 and 2008, photographing his countrymen among green expanses, wide beaches and shifting skies.
Link: Showcase: Leisure as a National Mirror – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com
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Simon Roberts video excerpt: the beauty of photobooks – lens culture
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via LensCulture: http://www.lensculture.com/webloglc/mt_files/archives/2009/12/beauty-of-photobooks.html
For the second installment of Lens Culture’s new video interview series, “Conversations with Photographers”, I spoke at length with British photographer Simon Roberts about his work, and in particular about his two remarkable photobooks, Motherland and We English.