Robert David Atkinson is an award-winning, New York City-based American photographer with a career spanning more than 35 years in still life, nature, and landscape photography.
His fine art bird photography resonates with bird lovers worldwide, distilling the quiet, ethereal beauty of birds.
Atkinson's latest book, Held Here by Silence, continues the visual journey of his debut book, bringing together luminous black-and-white images and intimate, journal-like prose. Through a series of distinctive bird portraits, he captures fleeting moments of stillness and presence.
His debut book, A Silent Witness to Beauty , was selected by the Griffin Museum of Photography and awarded Gold for Fine Art Photography Book in the prestigious Prix de la Photographie (PX3), Paris.
Email: rda@robertdavidatkinson.com
– STATEMENT –
“Everything is worth observing, from the natural world to everyday objects, from the elegant flight of a songbird to urban decay exploration. To capture these things in a photograph or sound recording, to create an image from nothing, has been my lifelong work and passion. I am always looking."
AWARDS / EXHIBITIONS
- Salmagundi 48th Annual Open Exhibition - 2026
- Greenwich Art Society - 109th Annual Juried Exhibit - 2026
- Communications Arts Photography Awards - 2026
- The Griffin - 16th Annual Photobook Exhibition - 2026
- Lens Culture Black & White Photography Awards - Editor's Pick 2025
- Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards - 2025
- Monmouth Museum - Through The Lens Juried Photography Exhibit 2025
- NJ Audubon Solo Exhibition Scherman Hoffman Sanctuary Wayrick Art Gallery - July 7 - August 31 2025
- Providence Art Club - National Open Juried Exhibition Awards - 2025 Second Place Rosa Peckham Award
- Greenwich Art Society - 108th Annual Juried Exhibit - 2025
- State of the Art Gallery - 36 Annual Juried Photography Show - 2025
- The Griffin - 31st Annual Members Juried Exhibition - 2025
- Gold/First Place Fine Art Photography Book in the Prix de la Photographie (PX3),
Paris 2024 competition - 2024 - Greenwich Art Society - Annual Juried Exhibition - 2024
- ASMP - Best Of… 2024 - 1st Place in Category / Series Title: The Gathering
- CPA 2024 Members' Juried Exhibition Peoples Choice Award- 2024
- The Griffin - 30th Annual Members Juried Exhibition - 2024
- The Griffin - 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition - 2024
- Communications Arts - 2024
- CPA 2024 Members' Juried Exhibition - 2024
- Decode Gallery - Open Concept - 2024
- Las Laguna Art Gallery - Black, White or Gray - 2024
- APA New York 2023 - 1st Place Best Series
- APA San Fransisco - 2023
- ASMP Aqua Art Miami Dec - 2023
- Communications Arts - 2023
- Communications Arts - 2022
- Decode Gallery - Grayscale Exhibit - 2023
- APA San Diego - 2023
- APA New York - 2023
- APA New York - 2022
- APA San Fransisco - 2021
INSTAGRAM
Nature @robertatkinson_nature
Urban and Industrial ‘Urbex’ @robertatkinson_urbex
Studio Work @robertatkinson_studio
YOUTUBE
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COMMERCIAL STUDIO WORK
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MEMBER
APA | American Photographic Artists
ASMP | American Society of Media Photographers
Center for Photographic Art
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Griffin Museum of Photography
Mass Audubon
NYC Bird Alliance
New Jersey Audubon
Labocine
The Peregrine Fund
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MUSIC - Original compositions
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The Snow Field
Rajas
The Red Bellied