Marcus Robinson (artist)

Marcus Robinson
Born	19 November 1959 (1959-11-19) (age 52) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Field	Photography, Painting

Marcus Robinson, (born November 1959) is an Irish artist, photographer and documentarian specialising in urban transformation and architecture. He is based in TriBeCa, Lower Manhattan in New York City, although he also occasionally works from his family home in Belfast. Robinson's art is created using different media including photography, film, music and painting.

His work

After graduating from Cambridge University in 1982 Robinson moved to Paris and began teaching English. At the same time he also began to take black and white photographs of actors in his small flat in the Cour de Petites Ecuries. He later had exhibitions of his landscape photographs in cafés and galleries around Paris. His work on photographing urban landscapes was seen by a development company who in 1987 commissioned him to photograph a number of large construction projects around Paris.^[1] This was followed by work as a documentary film-maker in London where he produced a film called The Millennium Wheel. This time-lapse documentary charts the building of the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe (also known as the London Eye). It was screened at the London Film Festival and on Channel Four on the eve of the new Millennium.

He is currently documenting the rebuilding of the World Trade Center (formerly known as the Freedom Tower, but now known simply as One World Trade Center (or 1 WTC). His studio is based in the empty 48th floor of Larry Silverstein’s 7 World Trade Center which is next to 1 WTC with views that stretch across New York Harbor and up to Midtown.^[2]

Robinson has contributed a number of special time-lapse sequences and stills for various films including Millions (Danny Boyle, 2004)^[3] and Wonderland (Revolution Films 1999).^[4] He also did some time-lapse sequences for a number of TV mini series including Tory! Tory! Tory! ^[5] and Castle.^[6]

Publications

Numerous books of his work have been published including Eye: The Story Behind the London Eye ,^[7] Home (Home Office Consortium 2006) and Les Miroirs du Temps (Hazan 1992).

References

1. ^ Document on Marcus Robinson produced by Sayle Screen Ltd. Retrieved 17th July 2011.
2. ^ Artist Documents World Trade Center Rebuilding From Start to Finish Article in DNAInfo.com written Dec 6th 2010. Retrieved 17th July 2011.
3. ^ Millions a film by Danny Boyle. Marcus Robinson is listed in IMDb as the director of photography: model unit.
4. ^ Wonderland. Marcus Robinson is listed in IMDb as the Still Photographer.
5. ^ Tory! Tory! Tory! A TV mini series charting the history of the people and ideas that formed Thatcherism. 2006.
6. ^ Castle TV Mini Series. Marcus Robinson is listed as the time-lapse photographer.
7. ^ Eye: The Story Behind the London Eye by Steve Rose and Marks Barfield Architects, with photography by Marcus Robinson (Black Dog Publishing 2007 - ISBN 9781906155087)

External links

• MarcusRobinsonArt.com Robinson's Official Website

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