David Robinson (photographer)

David Robinson (photographer)

David Robinson (born December 31, 1973) is a British photographer and publisher.

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Biography

Robinson was born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. He attended Enniskillen High School and Portora Royal School.

Preoccupied with the landscape of leisure he is best known as the creator of Golfers (published by Glass 2000), Wonderland[disambiguation needed ] (GenerationYacht 2003), and Lee Valley Leisure (GenerationYacht 2005). He has worked commercially throughout his career, creating images for Penguin books, Polydor, EMI, Sony, Adobe, Phizer, and editorially, working for The Guardian, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph. Robinson was commissioned by Penguin to photograph The dub-reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson for the cover of his 2001 modern classics book Mi Revalueshanary Fren. Robinson has also created images of The Divine Comedy for their album regeneration and for recent releases by mercury prize (2006) nominated band Guillemots.

In 2007 he featured in BBC series Britain in Pictures in which he was filmed whilst photographing Ballrooms and other inspirational buildings in the province where he grew up. Also in 2007 he contributed landscape images to the BBC Culture Show illustrating an interview with US singer Gwen Stefani.

Robinson's images have been exhibited widely in the UK and beyond, currently featuring in US touring show, Picturing Eden initiated by George Eastman House in Rochester, curated by Deborah Klochko. A book of the exhibition is published by Steidl

Exhibitions

  • Wonderland - Photofusion, London, September 2003
  • Wonderland - Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, June 2003
  • Computer Portraits - Old Museum Arts Centre, July 2003
  • Golfscapes - Clotworthy Arts Centre, September 2003
  • Fantastic Realism (group) - Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia 2004
  • Picturing Eden (group) - George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, 2006
  • Picturing Eden - Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, 2007

Publications

External links

  • davidswonderworld[1]
  • wildehague[2]

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