Robert Herman - Woman in a hand-made dress, New York, NY 2011

Robert Herman

Bio: Robert Herman was born in Brooklyn, New York. His work is included in the permanent collections of the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY, the Telfair Museum in Savannah, GA, as well the Westin Hotels and Resorts, the New York Presbyterian Hospital and many private collections. His photographs have been exhibited throughout the United States including the Museum of Modern Art, the Savannah College of Art & Design, the Henry Gregg Gallery and the Howard Yerzersky Gallery. Winner of a PX3 Prix de la Photographie People's Choice Award for his fine art book project and the Alitalia per L'Arte, Rome, Herman is represented by Glasshouse Images and Win-Initiative in New York City. He has a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and a Masters of Professional Studies in Digital Photography from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Artist's statement: I have recently been making a series of photos using the Hipstamatic App on an iphone. This allows me to remain almost unnoticed while doing street photography. In some ways, I am referring back to Walker Evens and Helen Levitt's use of a camera that appeared to be pointing in one direction, which in reality was exposing the film in another. This allows for greater authenticity in the photo, and less self-conscious awareness by the subject(s). By selecting this camera/film combination, it enables me to echo my previous street work on Kodachrome.