Robert Dawson (photographer)
Robert Dawson | |
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_in_the_video_'Photographer_Robert_Dawson_and_Librarian_Luis_Herrera'.png) In an interview at the San Francisco Public Library in 2014 | |
| Born | 1950 (age 75–76) Sacramento, California, US |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Robert Dawson (born 1950) is an American photographer and instructor of photography at San Jose State University and Stanford University.
Biography
Robert Dawson was born in Sacramento in 1950.[1] He received a 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship for photography. Much of his photography has focused on California and its natural landscapes. In 2014, he published The Public Library, a book of photographs of public libraries across the United States taken over an eighteen-year period. He earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a master's degree from San Francisco State University. His work has been exhibited or held in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the Library of Congress.
References
- ↑ "CV & Contact". Robert Dawson Photography. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- "Library of Congress Acquires Robert Dawson's Images of Public Libraries". Library of Congress. October 26, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
- Romanos, Carl (February 29, 2012). "Art as activism". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
- Simon, Scott (April 12, 2014). "Check It Out! A Photographic Tour Of America's Public Libraries". NPR. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
- Wander, Robin (April 23, 2014). "Stanford photography instructor Robert Dawson named Guggenheim Fellow". Stanford University. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
