EDUCATION
Creative Capital/LMCC Artists Summer Institute, 2013
School of Visual Arts Masters of Professional Studies in Digital Photography July 2009
New York University B.F.A. Film Production, School of the Arts, January 1979
Boston University 1973-1975
MONOGRAPHS
The Phone Book, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. October 2015.
Foreword by Mary Ann Lynch
Design by Nick Phillips for Phink
The New Yorkers, Proof Positive Press, March 2013
(Second printing March 2014)
Foreword by Sean Corcoran,
Essay by Stella Kramer
Design by Patricia Fabricant
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
PRINTS
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
THE NEW YORKERS-Book (selected permenent collections)
Columbia University
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE
Savannah College of Art and Design
Skidmore College
University of Michigan
University of Southern Californa
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
The Bisys Group New York, NY
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
T J De Bow Ltd New York, NY
Diet - Exercise Connection, Brooklyn, NY
Amy and Roger Faxon CEO - EMI Music Publishing, New York, NY
Pedro Gadanho, Curator, Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Architecture and Museum Design, New York, NY
Charles Giuliano, Boston, MA
Institute of Community Living New York, NY
Breuk Iversen, Disciplined Beauty Design
Fred A. Levine, Esq
Marriott Hotels, San Antonio, TX
Joshua Marston Brooklyn, NY
MegaVision Brooklyn, NY
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens, NY
Thomaston-Upson Arts Council Thomaston, GA
Westin Hotels and Resorts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Nancy E.Wolff, Esq.
ARTIST’S TALKS & PANELS
Kinokuniya Books, New York, NY March 2015
Islip Art Museum, Mash UP! September 2014
School of Visual Arts i3 Lecture Series June 2014
Flash Forward Festival -The Magenta Foundation
Publish Your Own Photo Book, with Elzabeth Avedon, modertor and Craig Cohen and Janette Beckman panelists Boston, MA 2014
New York Public Library, Mid Manhattan Branch, New York, NY 2013
Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation, New York, NY September 2013
APA Lecture Series at the Apple Store, Soho, NY June 2013
Istanbul Photography Museum May 2012
Soho Photo Salon February 2012
HONORS AND AWARDS
Foreword Reviews Book of the Year
Finalist, Photography Category2014
London Festival of Photography
International Street Photography Award - shortlisted 2012
Fotovisura Grant “Does size matter?” Honorable Mention, 2011
ArtistsWanted/Exposure 50 Exceptional Photographers 2010
School of Visual Arts Innovation in Photography Award 2009
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris
People’s Choice Award, Fine Art Professional Book Proposal, 2nd Place, Paris, France, 2008
New York State Education Department, Small Business Grant, Brooklyn, NY, 2008
Alitlia Airlines, Alitalia per L’arte Rome, Italy 2007
Pike County Historical Society, “Slow Exposures” Juried Art Exhibition 1st Prize, Concord, GA, 2003
Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Best of Photography Annual, Santa Barbara, CA,1997
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Juried Art Exhibition, 2nd prize Brooklyn, NY, 1996
New York State Education Department, Small Business Grant, Brooklyn, NY, 1997
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Juried Art Exhibition, 1st prize, Brooklyn, NY, 1994
ARTIST’S TALKS & PANELS
Kinokuniya Books, New York, NY March 2015
Islip Art Museum, Mash UP! September 2014
School of Visual Arts i3 Lecture Series June 2014
Flash Forward Festival -The Magenta Foundation
Publish Your Own Photo Book, with Elzabeth Avedon, modertor and Craig Cohen and Janette Beckman panelists Boston, MA 2014
New York Public Library, Mid Manhattan Branch, New York, NY 2013
Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation, New York, NY September 2013
APA Lecture Series at the Apple Store, Soho, NY June 2013
Istanbul Photography Museum May 2012
Soho Photo Salon February 2012
WORKSHOPS
Cape Cod Museum of Art Phone Photography August 2015
New York Photo Stories, Streets of Naples, Four-day intensive street photography workshop. Shooting, editing, Adobe Lightroom and final printed portfolio, Naples, Italy April, 2015
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Museum of Modern Art, A Waking Dream Cartagena, Columbia
2012
Indiewalls Color The Vinatta Project, New York, NY
Indiewalls It’s a “Hipsta” World The Bean, New York, NY
2008
Alitalia Airlines The Michelangelo Lounge JFK International Airport, Queens , NY
2007
Henry Gregg Gallery New York Landscapes of Robert Herman Brooklyn, NY
Alitalia Airlines sala Borromini, Terminal B, Aeroporto “Leonardo da Vinci” Rome, Italy
Alitalia Airlines The Michelangelo Lounge JFK International Airport Queens, NY
2002
Thomaston-Upson Arts Council Thomaston, GA
Mercury Lounge 40 North x 73 West Savannah, GA
McCaig-Welles Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2000
Paul Weinschenk Gallery Color Photographs, New York, NY
1999
Workbench Solar Panels New York, NY
1998
Workbench New York, NY
Cooper Gallery Surface Tension, Jersey City, NJ
1996
The Gallery Cafe at Mayer, Brown and Platt New York, NY
1996
Workbench New York, NY
1995
Belanthi Gallery Brooklyn, NY
1990
Dance Space New York, NY
FILMS
Sylvie went shoping writer, director, editor Quicktime 3min 37 sec color 2009
Dance Film camera, director, editor 9 min 16mm color 1982
Pizza with Bogie writer, director, co-editor, 12 minutes 16mm color 1981
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Remarked Upon Book with Laura Minchella curated by Robin Ross, Brooklyn, NY 2008
City Without Walls The Notes photo collage with Ginger Andeo, Chuck Glicksman and Jim Papoulos 2005
FESTIVALS
The New York Times Lens Portfolio Review 2014
Powerhouse Portfolio Review Brooklyn, NY 2009
Powerhouse Portfolio Review Brooklyn, NY 2007
Rhubarb Birmingham, England 2005
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Storefront for Art and Architecture Trans New York, NY Housing Works Design on a Dime New York, NY Umbrella Arts, Off the Grid, New York, NY
2014
Umbrella Arts, Kids, (not cute), juried by Harvey Stein, New York, NY
Islip Art Museum Mash UP! Islip, NY
Art in a Box at Masters and Pelvin Gallery Annual Holiday Party and Art Sale New York, NY
A Smith Gallery Hipstamatic juried by Mario Estrada, VP Special Projects, Hipstamatic, Johnson City, TX
2013
see me Exposure 2013, Long Island City, NY
Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coaltion, Wide Open 4, Brooklyn, NY curated by Carrie Springer, Whiney Museum of American Art
2012
Istanbul Photography Museum, New Yorkers Istanbul,Turkey
Storefront for Art and Architecture 2012 SPRING BENEFIT, RED/READ, New York, NY
2011
Curatenyc, Rush Art Gallery, New York, NY
Slideluck Auction and Fundraiser, New York, NY
Art Most Fierce - A Decade of Photography in the aftermath of 9/11 curated by Ruben Natal San-Miguel
2010
Slideluck, Auction/Fundraiser New York, NY
Young Photographer's Alliance, Auction and Gala New York, NY
Henry Gregg Gallery, In the Zone Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Wide Open, Brooklyn, NY
ASMP at VERGE Photographers for Haiti, New York, NY
Slideluck/Potshow, Rochester, NY
2009
Young Photographer's Alliance, Auction New York, NY
School of Visual Arts, Surface Tension New York, NY
Slideluck/Potshow SFII San Francisco, CA
2008
ArtOBAMA An auction to raise funds for the Obama campaign Brooklyn, NY
2006
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Snap to Grid, Los Angeles, CA
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Feast for the Eyes, Brooklyn, NY
Art Gotham Summer Thunder New York, NY
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Pier Show14 Transformations, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Art Gotham Visions Red New York, NY
Art Gotham Contrast New York, NY
Art Gotham Spring Blues New York, NY
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center Secret Affinities, Brooklyn, NY curated by James Pinney
2004
Gallery Boreas, Winter Solstice II Brooklyn, NY
Pike County Historical Society, Slow Exposures jurors: Corrinne Adams and Susan Todd-Raque
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, The Water Show, Brooklyn, NY
NURTUREart Horizontal Waves curated by Robin Dann and Robert Herman, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Pier Show 12, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Pike County Historical Society, Slow Exposures Zebulon, GA jurors: Jan Fields, Pat Hankins
Pinnacle Gallery, Southern Exposures Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
The Red Gallery, Kaleidoscapes Savannah College of Art and Design: Savannah GA,
The Savannah Gallery Kaleidoscapes Atlanta, GA
The Red Gallery Red on Red Savannah College of Art and Design:, Savannah, GA
The Savannah Gallery Red on Red Atlanta, GA
2002
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Small Works,Brooklyn, NY
New School England School of Art and Design, The 9/11 Project, curated by Charles Guliano, Boston, MA
Diesel Gallery, The Water Show Brooklyn, NY
Diesel Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition Brooklyn, NY
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Pier Show 10, Brooklyn, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, Life of the City New York, NY
2001
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Small Works, Brooklyn, NY
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Pier Show, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Times Square Gallery, The Love Show curated by Cyn McClean, New York, NY
1999
Howard Yezerski Gallery Paper Prayers, curated by Tom Grabosky, Boston, MA
Get Real Art, New York, NY
Times Square Gallery, Through the Lens New York, NY curated by Cyn McClean
Galpagos, Familiar Strangers Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition, Pier Show 7, Brooklyn, NY
Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, The Red Show New York, NY
1998
The Rotunda Gallery, Five & Ten, Brooklyn, NY
The Holland Tunnel Gallery,100, Brooklyn, NY
The Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition A Place In It Brooklyn, NY
Ridge Gallery, Quality of Life in New York City New York, NY
United Water, Jersey City, NJ curated by Stephan Shedrowitz
1997
New Century Artists Gallery, Americascapes, NewYork, NY
1996
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Brooklyn, NY
1994
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Brooklyn, NY
1992
Synchronicity Space, New York, NY
1989
PS 122 New York, NY
1986
PS 122 New York, NY
The Maine Photographic Workshop Annual Show, New York, NY
COMMISSIONS
Workbench, New York, NY 1999
Workbench, New York, NY 1998
Workbench, New York, NY 1996
Dan River, New York, NY 1989
BIBLIOGRAPHY see also PRESS. REVIEWS LINKS
*(reviews)
acurator: Robert Herman: The New Yorkers by Julie Grahame June 17, 2013
The New York Times: Lens: A View From Inner Turmoil by John Leland, June 13, 2013
CurbedNY: From Graffiti to Gentrification by Hana R. Alberts, May 31, 2013
The New Yorkers by Robert Herman, text by Sean Corcoran & Stella Kramer Proof Positive Press, 2013 HC 8.5” x 11” 128 pages, w/ 88 color illustrations. ISBN: 978-0-615-73491-0
Lenscratch: Robert Herman: The New Yorkers November 1, 2012
Fotovisura Magazine: Visura Spotlight: Princess, September 12, 2012
Istanbul Photography Museum: New Yorker Kent Vatandasligi/Around The Urban Citizenship Concept, Catalogue May 2012
Best of Photography in America Volume 2 Kennedy Publishing 2011
acurator: Robert Herman: South Africa. January 2011
Stellazine: "Robert Herman talks about the New Yorkers" Interview by Stella Kramer May 27, 2010
SharperNewYork: "Robert Herman talks about the New Yorkers" Interview by Stella Kramer May 27, 2010
189: "New York by Robert Herman"
Posted by Mark Robinson on April 21, 2010
Featureshoot Photo Blog Allison Zavos, "Robert Herman, New York" April 6, 2010
Double Exposure, Robert A.Schaefer, Jr. "Sylvie went shopping, An Interview with Robert Herman" October 15, 2009
1000 Words Photography Magazine/Blog Tim Clarke “goodbye to frankie” February 2, 2009
*Alitalia Ulise, Rome, Italy Filippo Cellini, “Herman: Flash Sulla Vita” April 2008
*The Newark Star Ledger, Newark, NJ, Dan Bischoff,
“Gallery’s title couldn’t be more fitting” May 13, 2005
11211 Magazine, Brooklyn, NY Kaia Monroe, "Curators Grow in Brooklyn" July-August 2004
*Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA, Allison Hersh
"SCAD photography exhibit focuses on the South" June 22, 2003
*Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA, Allison Hersh "Paint the town red” March 9.2003
*Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA, Allison Hersh “New York, New York” December 22, 2002
11211 magazine, Brooklyn, NY “Authenticity” Interview by Robin Ross Nov-Dec 2002
Coastal Arts and Antiques, Savannah, GA, November 20, 2002
*NY Arts- Breuk Iversen, “The Hall of Art” New York, NY
NY 1 News Arts Segment “ Life of the City “ exhibition Photograph featured during an Interview with
Peter Galessi, Curator of the Department of Photography, MoMA March 22, 2002
Brooklyn Information and Culture Calender: A Place Called
Brooklyn: Literary and Photographic Interpretations-2002
The Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 100, Exhibition Catalogue
*The Newark Star Ledger Mitchell Seidel, “For this shooter, it’s all in the details January 7, 1998
Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Best of Photography Annual 1997
The Arthur Kaplan Company, New York, NY “Heat Wave” poster, 1989
Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Best of Photography Annual 1987
Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Best of Photography Annual 1986
