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About

“Robert Law has created a wonderful portfolio of minimalist fine art compositions.”
— Professional Photo
“His drive to push himself is inspiring and his overall passion infectious.”
— Chloe Juno, Curator, Documenting Britain
“He combines landscapes and portraits to great effect.”
— It's Nice That
“Law’s approach to documentary has resulted in a distinctive visual style that honours the search for the reality and truth of a place.”
— Creative Review

Robert Law is a photographer based in Wales in the UK. His practice concerns documentary photography, capturing both rural and urban environments and the people within them.

Robert is a contributor to Millennium Images, London and was shortlisted for Portrait of Britain 2019 and the British Photography Awards 2019. He founded The North Wales Project in 2019 to encourage and show the best documentary photography in the region.

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Published/Featured:

  • This Separated Isle, an important book by Invisible Britain. Commissioned portrait and other content. Aug. 2021.

  • Many Voices One Nation, a book by Ffotogallery featuring 20 Welsh artists. July 2021.

  • WerkHaus Zine, published by the WorkHorse Collective. 5 images on the theme ‘The Artificial’. Dec. 2020. Print.

  • Village Lockdown - A solo photo-book/zine documenting a rural village under lockdown July 2020. A copy is held in the national collection in the National Library of Wales. Print.

  • Fleur & Arbor: Feature and interview about my series ‘Village Lockdown’ Online, May 2020

  • The Togspace: Inspiration. Full feature of ‘Holyhead - Sea Change?’ Online, April 2020.

  • Creative Review: ‘Documenting The Now’ includes interview and images from ‘Holyhead - Sea Change? 2020, Print.

  • It’s Nice That: Feature and interview about my project, ‘Holyhead - Sea Change?’ Jan. 2020. Online.

  • Portrait of Britain, included in this landmark annual book by the British Journal of Photography. 2019. Print.

  • ‘AND - Then There Was Us’ Annual 2019. ‘An annual selection of some of the best up and coming influential documentary and portrait photographers from across the globe.’ Print.

  • Under Exposed: Image from my series ‘Off Pitch’ displayed in Oportro, Portugal. June 2019. Print.

  • Parallax Photographic: 2 images included in their lovely curation of Kodak TriX 400 film pics, June 2019

  • ‘Offline’ magazine issue #2 magazine by Ffoton, as part of a feature about The North Wales Project, April 2019. Print.

  • Ffoton, One Image: I talk about an image from one of my projects that went viral. February 2019. Online.

  • ‘Offline’ magazine issue #1 by Ffoton, (also contributions from David Hurn & Martin Parr) article & images (print) October 2018

  • TRIP Magazine, contemporary UK documentary site featuring 'Glasgow Belonging' (online) September 2018

  • Fable & Folk, documentary website featuring the series 'Snowdonia Revisited' (Online) July 2018

  • Fable & Folk, documentary website featuring the series 'Glasgow Belonging' (Online) May 2018

  • Untitled Collective Annual Issue 2018, full interview and series feature (Print and online)

  • Documenting Britain, a professionally curated feature of my UK documentary work. (Online) March 2018

  • Inside the Outside, full feature with narrative of 'Snowdonia Revisited'. (Online) February 2018

  • Another Place Magazine Full series feature of 'Fresh Ayr' (online) January 2018

  • Simple-Style.com (China): 'Under The Sun' series (online) November 2017

  • Ain't Bad (US Independent Publisher). Full article about my series, 'Fresh Ayr'. November 2017 (Online)

  • Incandescent Magazine, Issue 12. Featuring an image from the series 'Rebuilding Berlin' (Print)

  • Untitled Collective Magazine, Issue #4, August 2017. Front page, featuring the series 'Fog ~ Fields ~ Frost' (Online)

  • Untitled Collective Magazine, Issue #2, April 2017 (Online)

  • Professional Photo magazine issue 126, 2016 'Taking It To The Edge' (Print)

  • Professional Photo magazine issue 121, 2016 'A Negative Attitude?' (Print)

  • NSEW 2016 (Collaborative) a book by the Film Shooters Collective (Print)

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