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Grace Robertson
July 13 1930 - present
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Photograph of Grace Robertson, by Thurston Hopkins, courtesy of the artist
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Place of Birth:
Manchester
Nationality:
British – English
Phonetic Spelling:
gray-ss RAH-bert-sehn
Work Type/Media:
Photography
Artistic Role(s):
Photographer, Self-taught Artist
Style:
Other
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Artist's Statement:
I think it is true to say that most of us eventually find out that we live in a lonely world and that it is only through communication with others that we push back the silence. The lucky ones find it through love and affections, and many more do so through shared pleasure and good humor. But it is within the grasp of all of us to make life more bearable through the rich vocabulary of the arts.

I would be untrue to the spirit of my part in this creativity if I did not remember that while I am satisfying my own professional imperatives I am dealing with real people. This puts my desire for good picture-making into a particular category, one where the events I am recording are reflecting on real people’s lives. No other art form is so constricted, even within the many other areas of photographic expression; but those very restrictions are often the yardstick by which many of us judge ourselves, over and above matters of style, light and composition, and I, personally, believe that a strong element in this recording of reality lies in trying to invest the everyday with a little joy.

Statement courtesy of Grace Robertson

Other Occupation(s):
Photojournalist, Teacher
Place(s) of Residence:
London
Seaford
Where Trained/Schools:
none
Related Visual Artists:
wife of Thurston Hopkins
Fellowships, grants and awards:
Officer Medal, Order of the British Empire, London, England (1998) Honorary Fellowship, Royal Photographic Society, Bath, England (1996) Distinguished Photographer Award, Women in Photography International, Los Angeles, CA, USA (1992)
Earliest exhibition:
Grace Robertson, Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, England (1989)
NMWA exhibition(s):
A History of Women Photographers
Artist retrospective(s):
Grace Robertson: A Sympathetic Eye, Millais Gallery, Southampton Solent University, Southampton, England (2003) Grace Robertson: Retrospective, University of Brighton, Brighton, England (2002)
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