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Simon Roberts (born 5 February 1974) is a British photographer whose work has been exhibited and published internationally. ==Life and work== Roberts studied a BA Hons in Human Geography at the University of Sheffield (1996).〔"(Wish you were here – Simon Roberts )", George Eastman House. Accessed 19 January 2014.〕 He currently lives in Brighton, England.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Lightstalkers profile of Simon Roberts )〕 Between July 2004 and August 2005 Roberts travelled throughout Russia,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate = 2011-12-23 )〕 taking in 65 destinations from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. This resulted in the book and exhibition ''Motherland'' and the exhibition ''Polyarnye Nochi''. Between August 2007 and September 2008 Roberts travelled throughout England in a motor home using a large format camera capturing people at play, and exploring the relationship between people and the places they visit. This resulted in the book and exhibition ''We English''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Simon Roberts: We English Touring Exhibition )〕 Roberts was commissioned by the UK parliament Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art as the official Election Artist to document campaigning activity around the country in the run-up to the 2010 General Election. Roberts travelled the country, again in a motor home, using an old plate camera to photograph from the elevated position of its roof. This resulted in ''The Election Project'' touring exhibition and ''The Election Project Newspaper'' publication (which was made available free to download in 2012). Roberts has also made other series of work: ''Russian Army'' (2004–2008), ''Ramzan Kadyrov'' (2006), ''Russian Portraits'' (2004–2008) (some of which appear in ''Motherland''), ''Liverpool Landscapes'' (2009), ''British Olympians'', ''Polyarnye Nochi'' (translation: polar nights), ''City Councils'' (2011), ''Landscapes Innocence & Experience'' (2011), ''Star Chambers'' (2011), ''Credit Crunch Lexicon'' (2011–2012), ''Let This Be a Sign'' (2011–2012),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate = 19 January 2014 )〕 ''Pierdom'' (2011–2012), ''The Last Moment'' (2011–2012) and ''XXX Olympiad'' (2012). In recognition of his work, Roberts has received several awards. In 2007 he received the Royal Photographic Society's Vic Odden Award (2007) - offered for a notable achievement in the art of photography by a British photographer.〔http://www.rps.org/annual-awards/Vic-Odden-Award〕 He won the Ian Parry Scholarship for young photographers in 1998.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Winners )〕 In 2010 ''We English'' won third prize in the World Press Photo contest in the ''Daily Life - Stories'' category.〔(【引用サイトリンク】World Press Photo - List of winners 2010 )〕 In 2013 Roberts received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society which is given 'to distinguished persons having, from their position or attainments, an intimate connection with the science or fine art of photography or the application thereof'.〔http://www.rps.org/annual-awards/Honorary-Fellowships〕 In 'The Observer Critics' Review of 2011' Sean O'Hagan included the exhibition of ''We English'' at Flowers East in London in his top 10 photography exhibitions of the year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Simon Roberts (photographer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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