About

I am an visual artist and arts educator based in New York City. I use photography to explore how we respond to the challenges of every day life. I love sharing my passion for photography with others and have taught analog and digital photography to children, teens, adults and people with disabilities. I published my first photobook in 2016, Billable Hours in 6-Minute Increments, a humorous look at corporate culture in large New York law firms. The book was shortlisted for both The Anamorphosis Prize and the Fotobookfestival Dummy Award Kassel, and received special mention from The Anamorphosis Prize juror, John Phelan. It is in the permanent collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art and the Special Collections Section of the New York Public Library.

Before becoming a photographer, I was an civil rights attorney and traveled widely, advocating for the reform of criminal justice, juvenile justice, health care and foster care systems throughout the country.

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Education

University of Hartford, M.F.A.

International Center for Photography, One-Year Certificate Program, Documentary Photography

New York University School of Law, J.D.

Stanford University, B.A., Sociology

Honors and Awards:

2017 Center Review Santa Fe Photo Festival, Participant

2017 Honorable Mention,10th Pollux Awards, Editorial and Documentary Category

2016 Shortlisted and Special Jury Mention: Anamorphosis Book Prize 2016

2016 Shortlisted: Fototbookfestival Dummy Award Kassel 2016

2013 Merit Scholarship, University of Hartford, Hartford Art School

2012 25th Eddie Adams Workshop, Participant

2012 Director's Fellowship, International Center for Photography

Exhibitions: Group and Photobook Shows

2018 The World Through My Eyes, International Collective Exhibition, Barcelona, April 10-28

2017 INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

2016 Fotobookfestival Kassel / Beijing, China

2016 Fotoleggendo, Rome, Italy

2016 PhotoIreland, Dublin, Ireland

2016 Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Finland

2016 Organ Vida Festival, Zagreb, Croatia

2016 Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal

2016 Photobook Week Aarhus, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark

2016 IED, Madrid, Spain

2016 Format International Photography Festival, Derby, England

2016 In Our Time, Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, New York, NY,

2015 In Our Time, The Joseloff Gallery,University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

2014 Even The Edges, Kominek Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2012 My Truth, Your Truth, International Center for Photography, Education Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Publications and Interviews:

2017 "People whose 'time in the work place' is longer than the house, nodding photos," Tabi Labo, Sept 15

2016 "Billable Hours in 6-Minute Increments by Robin Dahlberg," The Artbo, Sept 13

2016 "Billable Hours: The Life of Office Plankton in Robin Dahlberg's Project," Bird in Flight, Aug 29,

2016 "A Day in the Office," iGNANT, Aug 11

2016 "Humorous Photos Capture the Pains of a Stressful Office Life," Fotografia Magazine, July,

2016 "Robin Dahlberg @Baxter St/CCNY," Collector Daily, Daybook, June 24,

Selected Teaching Experience:

2018 Boys & Girls Club of Rosebud, Mission, South Dakota

2017-18 Yorkville East Middle School, After School Program, New York, New York

2017-18 Lab Middle School, After School Program, New York, New York

201718 International High School at La Guardia Community College, Queens, New York

2017 Boys & Girls Club of Rosebud, Mission, South Dakota

2017-18 IVDU Upper School, Yachad/National Jewish Council of Disabilities, Brooklyn, NY

2016 Nazareth Early Childhood Center, Birch Family Services, Brooklyn, NY

2016 Bronx Vet Center, Bronx, NY

2015 P.S. 184, New York, NY

2012-16 International Center for Photography, New York, NY

Books:

2016 Billable Hours in 6-Minute Increments, self-published

Selected Clients:

American Civil Liberties Union

Cascade Health

Green City Force

High Spirit Community Farm

La Jolla Art & Wine Festival

Long Island Newsday

Manhattan Youth

New York City Bar Association

The Bridge