Simon Roberts, a photographer born 1974 in the U.K., Received his BA Honors degree in Human Geography from The University of Sheffield in 1996 and a a Distinction in Photography from the National Council for the Training of Journalists in 1997. The majority of his exhibitions and publications have been in overseas .He also has work residing in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago) and MOMA.
The photos shown above are from Roberts "Motherland" series. To capture the images, Roberts spent nearly a year visiting some 200 locations in Russia.The group does include portraits, but I chose these images which I felt related better to my work. According to Robert's artist statement, "Motherland is a bold visual statement about the nature of contemporary Russia, fifteen years after the collapse of the Soviet Union."
artists website: http://www.simoncroberts.com
blog: http://we-english.co.uk/blog
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