Robert David Atkinson is an American photographer based in New York City with over 35 years of experience in commercial still life and personal nature/landscape photography.
His fine art bird photography shares an affinity with bird lovers worldwide, expressing the ethereal and intangible beauty of birds.
Atkinson's debut book, A Silent Witness to Beauty features bird imagery accompanied by short fictional narratives that extend beyond mere visual representation, drawing the viewer into the world and viewpoint of his subject.
The book was selected by the Griffin Museum of Photography’s 2024 Annual Photobook Exhibition, and was also awarded Gold/First Place — Fine Art Photography Book in the prestigious Prix de la Photographie (PX3), Paris 2024 competition.
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
- 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
COMMERCIAL STUDIO WORK
robertatkinson.com
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
LINKEDIN
Robert D Atkinson
SPOTIFY - Original Compositions
The Snow Field
Rajas
The Red Bellied
Feel free to reach out to Robert David Atkinson
rda@robertdavidatkinson.com