Maurice D. Robertson

Photographer

                                                                  Artist's Biography

Maurice D. Robertson began his rapport with photography in 1983. Through an occasional workshop, informal mentoring with area professionals and consistent shooting, Robertson has developed an eye for composing with light.

He has an affinity for documenting music, particularly jazz and dance and theatre performances which he does professionally. Also candid street portraiture, both here in the U.S.A. and abroad in the Caribbean, Brazil and North Africa. He also explores patterns in nature and is a dark room technician, to further enhance his photographic vision.

His work has appeared in the New England Jazz News, Downbeat Music Magazine, The Jamaican Magazine, Reach New England, Bass, Shots, Hartford News, Hartford Courant and The Observer. Robertson has also consistently since 1990 been the recipient of several National Arts Programs Awards.

Robertson celebrates the African cultural experience in his work as well as drawing attention to those social themes common to all by demonstrating a sense of intimacy and empathy with the people and scenes he depicts. Articles about Robertson's artistic career and reviews of his work have appeared in the Hartford Inquirer and Hartford Courant.