Joel Robison

Joel Robison was one of the first photographers I came across when I first started studying Photography. A lot of his work looks like something straight out of a storybook, a wonderful work of art to illustrate a story. This may be due to the fact that the man is a notorious daydreamer. He spent a lot of his time as a child reading and watching movies which have inspired a lot of his works. He originally was going to be a teacher, but he found that he felt disconnected from his work. It was soon after, that he discovered the art that can be found on Flickr and ventured into the world of photography. After some time working on his skills he was able to land a contract with Coco-Cola and has not looked back since. His work always has an element of surrealism and most of these pictures are self-portraits. It is one of the many ways that he tries to show what he is thinking and to show his story. One of my favorite series that he has done is called 'Put YourHands Up'. Here are just a few of the pictures.

Save This Ship

New Growth

New Growth

Adventure In My Grasp

I respect the simplicity of these pieces and admire the lightheartedness that is also present. I would like to create works similar to this. I attempted to do just that when I was studying his work during my A-levels, the work I completed for this you can view on my own Flickr page titled 'Journey', I will also do a blog post soon talking about this piece, saying what I was hoping to achieve and my inspiration behind the work. I shall provide all links below:

'Put Your Hands Up' Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joel_r/sets/72157627298560423

Flickr Page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joel_r/

Website: http://joelrobison.com


'Journey' Album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/100070209@N07/sets/72157651976236595


Anyway that is all for today all so I shall be off. See ya!

- Kamilia