Robert ParkeHarrison
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Robert ParkeHarrison is a photographer, best known for his work (with wife Shana ParkeHarrison) in the area of fine art photography
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The photographs of Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison have been displayed in 18 solo exhibitions and over 30 group shows worldwide. Their work can also be found in over 20 collections, including the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution
and the George Eastman House
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Their book, The Architect’s Brother was named as one of 'the Ten Best Photography Books of the Year' of 2000 by the New York Times.
ParkeHarrison's work is stylistically similar to that of Teun Hocks.
Fine art photography
Fine art photography refers to photographs that are created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as artist. Fine art photography stands in contrast to photojournalism, which provides a visual account for news events, and commercial photography, the primary focus of which is to...
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The photographs of Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison have been displayed in 18 solo exhibitions and over 30 group shows worldwide. Their work can also be found in over 20 collections, including the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...
and the George Eastman House
George Eastman House
The George Eastman House is the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. World-renowned for its photograph and motion picture archives, the museum is also a leader in film preservation and...
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Their book, The Architect’s Brother was named as one of 'the Ten Best Photography Books of the Year' of 2000 by the New York Times.
--Robert ParkeHarrison
My photographs tell stories of loss, human struggle, and personal exploration within landscapes scarred by technology and over-use…. [I] strive to metaphorically and poetically link laborious actions, idiosyncratic rituals and strangely crude machines into tales about our modern experience.
ParkeHarrison's work is stylistically similar to that of Teun Hocks.
External links
- Robert ParkeHarrison: The Architect's Brother (George Eastman House Exhibition)
- Robert ParkeHarrison: George Eastman House, Still Photograph Archive, 5 Selected Images
- Imaging a Shattering Earth: Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate
- Robert and Shanna Parke-Harrison exhibit at Catherine Edelman Gallery in Chicago, 2007
- Apotheosis - Grapevine - Robert ParkeHarrison Afterimage, March, 2002 by Are Flagan
- 21st Editions Listening to the Earth and The Book of Life
- Teun Hocks Photoworks