EDUCATION

Creative Capital/LMCC Artists Summer Institute, 2013

School of Visual Arts Masters of Professional Studies in Digital Photography July 2009

New York University B.F.A. Film Production, School of the Arts, January 1979

Boston University 1973-1975

MONOGRAPHS

The Phone Book, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. October 2015.

Foreword by Mary Ann Lynch 

Design by Nick Phillips for Phink

The New Yorkers, Proof Positive Press, March 2013

(Second printing March 2014)

Foreword by Sean Corcoran, 

Essay by Stella Kramer

Design by Patricia Fabricant

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

PRINTS

George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA

THE NEW YORKERS-Book (selected permenent collections)

Columbia University

International Center of Photography, New York, NY

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE

Savannah College of Art and Design

Skidmore College

University of Michigan

University of Southern Californa

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS  

The Bisys Group New York, NY

Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

T J De Bow Ltd New York, NY

Diet - Exercise Connection, Brooklyn, NY

Amy and Roger Faxon CEO - EMI Music Publishing, New York, NY

Pedro Gadanho, Curator, Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Architecture and Museum Design, New York, NY

Charles Giuliano, Boston, MA

Institute of Community Living New York, NY

Breuk Iversen, Disciplined Beauty Design

Fred A. Levine, Esq

Marriott Hotels, San Antonio, TX 

Joshua Marston Brooklyn, NY

MegaVision Brooklyn, NY

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens, NY

Thomaston-Upson Arts Council Thomaston, GA

Westin Hotels and Resorts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Nancy E.Wolff, Esq.

ARTIST’S TALKS & PANELS

Kinokuniya Books, New York, NY March 2015

Islip Art Museum, Mash UP! September 2014

School of Visual Arts i3 Lecture Series June 2014

Flash Forward Festival -The Magenta Foundation 

Publish Your Own Photo Book, with Elzabeth Avedon, modertor and Craig Cohen and Janette Beckman panelists Boston, MA 2014

New York Public Library, Mid Manhattan Branch, New York, NY 2013

Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation, New York, NY September 2013

APA Lecture Series at the Apple Store, Soho, NY June 2013

Istanbul Photography Museum May 2012

Soho Photo Salon February 2012 

HONORS AND AWARDS

Foreword Reviews Book of the Year 

Finalist, Photography Category2014

London Festival of Photography 

International Street Photography Award - shortlisted 2012

Fotovisura Grant “Does size matter?” Honorable Mention, 2011

ArtistsWanted/Exposure 50 Exceptional Photographers 2010

School of Visual Arts Innovation in Photography Award 2009

PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris  

People’s Choice Award, Fine Art Professional Book Proposal, 2nd Place, Paris, France, 2008

New York State Education Department, Small Business Grant, Brooklyn, NY, 2008

Alitlia Airlines, Alitalia per L’arte Rome, Italy 2007

Pike County Historical Society, “Slow Exposures” Juried Art Exhibition 1st Prize, Concord, GA, 2003

Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Best of Photography Annual, Santa Barbara, CA,1997

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Juried Art Exhibition, 2nd prize Brooklyn, NY, 1996

New York State Education Department, Small Business Grant, Brooklyn, NY, 1997

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Juried Art Exhibition, 1st prize, Brooklyn, NY, 1994  

ARTIST’S TALKS & PANELS

Kinokuniya Books, New York, NY March 2015

Islip Art Museum, Mash UP! September 2014

School of Visual Arts i3 Lecture Series June 2014

Flash Forward Festival -The Magenta Foundation 

Publish Your Own Photo Book, with Elzabeth Avedon, modertor and Craig Cohen and Janette Beckman panelists Boston, MA 2014

New York Public Library, Mid Manhattan Branch, New York, NY 2013

Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation, New York, NY September 2013

APA Lecture Series at the Apple Store, Soho, NY June 2013

Istanbul Photography Museum May 2012

Soho Photo Salon February 2012 

WORKSHOPS

Cape Cod Museum of Art Phone Photography August 2015 

New York Photo Stories, Streets of Naples, Four-day intensive street photography workshop. Shooting, editing, Adobe Lightroom and final printed portfolio, Naples, Italy April, 2015

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 

Museum of Modern Art, A Waking Dream Cartagena, Columbia

2012 

Indiewalls Color The Vinatta Project, New York, NY

Indiewalls It’s a “Hipsta” World The Bean, New York, NY

2008

Alitalia Airlines The Michelangelo Lounge JFK International Airport, Queens , NY

2007

Henry Gregg Gallery New York Landscapes of Robert Herman Brooklyn, NY  

Alitalia Airlines sala Borromini, Terminal B, Aeroporto “Leonardo da Vinci” Rome, Italy 

Alitalia Airlines The Michelangelo Lounge JFK International Airport Queens, NY

2002

Thomaston-Upson Arts Council Thomaston, GA 

Mercury Lounge 40 North x 73 West Savannah, GA 

McCaig-Welles Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2000

Paul Weinschenk Gallery Color Photographs, New York, NY

1999

Workbench Solar Panels New York, NY

1998

Workbench New York, NY

Cooper Gallery Surface Tension, Jersey City, NJ 

1996

The Gallery Cafe at Mayer, Brown and Platt New York, NY

1996

Workbench New York, NY

1995

Belanthi Gallery Brooklyn, NY

1990

Dance Space New York, NY

FILMS  

Sylvie went shoping writer, director, editor Quicktime 3min 37 sec color 2009

Dance Film camera, director, editor 9 min 16mm color 1982

Pizza with Bogie writer, director, co-editor, 12 minutes 16mm color 1981

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

Remarked Upon Book with Laura Minchella curated by Robin Ross, Brooklyn, NY 2008

City Without Walls The Notes photo collage with Ginger Andeo, Chuck Glicksman and Jim Papoulos 2005

FESTIVALS

The New York Times Lens Portfolio Review 2014

Powerhouse Portfolio Review Brooklyn, NY 2009

Powerhouse Portfolio Review Brooklyn, NY 2007

Rhubarb Birmingham, England 2005

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 

Storefront for Art and Architecture Trans New York, NY Housing Works Design on a Dime New York, NY Umbrella Arts, Off the Grid, New York, NY 

2014

Umbrella Arts, Kids, (not cute), juried by Harvey Stein, New York, NY

Islip Art Museum Mash UP! Islip, NY 

Art in a Box at Masters and Pelvin Gallery Annual Holiday Party and Art Sale New York, NY

A Smith Gallery Hipstamatic juried by Mario Estrada, VP Special Projects, Hipstamatic, Johnson City, TX 

2013

see me Exposure 2013, Long Island City, NY 

Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coaltion, Wide Open 4, Brooklyn, NY curated by Carrie Springer, Whiney Museum of American Art

2012

Istanbul Photography Museum, New Yorkers Istanbul,Turkey

Storefront for Art and Architecture 2012 SPRING BENEFIT, RED/READ, New York, NY

2011

Curatenyc, Rush Art Gallery, New York, NY

Slideluck Auction and Fundraiser, New York, NY

Art Most Fierce - A Decade of Photography in the aftermath of 9/11 curated by Ruben Natal San-Miguel

2010 

Slideluck, Auction/Fundraiser New York, NY

Young Photographer's Alliance, Auction and Gala New York, NY

Henry Gregg Gallery, In the Zone Brooklyn, NY  

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Wide Open, Brooklyn, NY

ASMP at VERGE Photographers for Haiti, New York, NY

Slideluck/Potshow, Rochester, NY

2009 

Young Photographer's Alliance, Auction New York, NY

School of Visual Arts, Surface Tension New York, NY  

Slideluck/Potshow SFII San Francisco, CA

2008  

ArtOBAMA An auction to raise funds for the Obama campaign Brooklyn, NY

2006  

Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Snap to Grid, Los Angeles, CA

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Feast for the Eyes, Brooklyn, NY  

Art Gotham Summer Thunder New York, NY 

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Pier Show14 Transformations, Brooklyn, NY

2005 

Art Gotham Visions Red New York, NY

Art Gotham Contrast New York, NY

Art Gotham Spring Blues New York, NY

Williamsburg Art & Historical Center Secret Affinities, Brooklyn, NY curated by James Pinney

2004  

Gallery Boreas, Winter Solstice II Brooklyn, NY

Pike County Historical Society, Slow Exposures jurors: Corrinne Adams and Susan Todd-Raque

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, The Water Show, Brooklyn, NY

NURTUREart Horizontal Waves curated by Robin Dann and Robert Herman, Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Pier Show 12, Brooklyn, NY

2003  

Pike County Historical Society, Slow Exposures Zebulon, GA jurors: Jan Fields, Pat Hankins  

Pinnacle Gallery, Southern Exposures Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA 

The Red Gallery, Kaleidoscapes Savannah College of Art and Design: Savannah GA, 

The Savannah Gallery Kaleidoscapes Atlanta, GA  

The Red Gallery Red on Red Savannah College of Art and Design:, Savannah, GA

The Savannah Gallery Red on Red Atlanta, GA

2002  

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Small Works,Brooklyn, NY

New School England School of Art and Design, The 9/11 Project, curated by Charles Guliano, Boston, MA 

Diesel Gallery, The Water Show Brooklyn, NY 

Diesel Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition Brooklyn, NY 

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Pier Show 10, Brooklyn, NY

The Museum of Modern Art, Life of the City New York, NY 

2001  

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Small Works, Brooklyn, NY

Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Pier Show, Brooklyn, NY

2000  

Times Square Gallery, The Love Show curated by Cyn McClean, New York, NY

1999  

Howard Yezerski Gallery Paper Prayers, curated by Tom Grabosky, Boston, MA

Get Real Art, New York, NY 

Times Square Gallery, Through the Lens New York, NY curated by Cyn McClean

Galpagos, Familiar Strangers Brooklyn, NY  

Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition, Pier Show 7, Brooklyn, NY

Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, The Red Show New York, NY 

1998  

The Rotunda Gallery, Five & Ten, Brooklyn, NY

The Holland Tunnel Gallery,100, Brooklyn, NY

The Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition A Place In It Brooklyn, NY  

Ridge Gallery, Quality of Life in New York City New York, NY 

United Water, Jersey City, NJ curated by Stephan Shedrowitz

1997  

New Century Artists Gallery, Americascapes, NewYork, NY

1996  

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Brooklyn, NY

1994  

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Brooklyn, NY  

1992  

Synchronicity Space, New York, NY

1989  

PS 122 New York, NY

1986  

PS 122 New York, NY

The Maine Photographic Workshop Annual Show, New York, NY

COMMISSIONS

Workbench, New York, NY 1999

Workbench, New York, NY 1998

Workbench, New York, NY 1996 

Dan River, New York, NY 1989

BIBLIOGRAPHY see also PRESS. REVIEWS LINKS

*(reviews)

acurator: Robert Herman: The New Yorkers by Julie Grahame June 17, 2013

The New York Times: Lens: A View From Inner Turmoil by John Leland, June 13, 2013

CurbedNY: From Graffiti to Gentrification by Hana R. Alberts, May 31, 2013

The New Yorkers by Robert Herman, text by Sean Corcoran & Stella Kramer Proof Positive Press, 2013 HC 8.5” x 11” 128 pages, w/ 88 color illustrations. ISBN: 978-0-615-73491-0

Lenscratch: Robert Herman: The New Yorkers November 1, 2012  

Fotovisura Magazine: Visura Spotlight: Princess, September 12, 2012

Istanbul Photography Museum: New Yorker Kent Vatandasligi/Around The Urban Citizenship Concept, Catalogue May 2012

Best of Photography in America Volume 2 Kennedy Publishing 2011

acurator: Robert Herman: South Africa. January 2011

Stellazine: "Robert Herman talks about the New Yorkers" Interview by Stella Kramer May 27, 2010

SharperNewYork: "Robert Herman talks about the New Yorkers" Interview by Stella Kramer May 27, 2010

189: "New York by Robert Herman"

Posted by Mark Robinson on April 21, 2010 

Featureshoot Photo Blog Allison Zavos, "Robert Herman, New York" April 6, 2010

Double Exposure, Robert A.Schaefer, Jr. "Sylvie went shopping, An Interview with Robert Herman" October 15, 2009

1000 Words Photography Magazine/Blog Tim Clarke “goodbye to frankie” February 2, 2009

*Alitalia Ulise, Rome, Italy Filippo Cellini, “Herman: Flash Sulla Vita” April 2008

*The Newark Star Ledger, Newark, NJ, Dan Bischoff, 

“Gallery’s title couldn’t be more fitting” May 13, 2005

11211 Magazine, Brooklyn, NY Kaia Monroe, "Curators Grow in Brooklyn" July-August 2004

*Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA, Allison Hersh 

"SCAD photography exhibit focuses on the South" June 22, 2003

*Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA, Allison Hersh "Paint the town red” March 9.2003

*Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA, Allison Hersh “New York, New York” December 22, 2002

11211 magazine, Brooklyn, NY “Authenticity” Interview by Robin Ross Nov-Dec 2002

Coastal Arts and Antiques, Savannah, GA, November 20, 2002

*NY Arts- Breuk Iversen, “The Hall of Art” New York, NY

NY 1 News Arts Segment “ Life of the City “ exhibition Photograph featured during an Interview with 

Peter Galessi, Curator of the Department of Photography, MoMA March 22, 2002

Brooklyn Information and Culture Calender: A Place Called 

Brooklyn: Literary and Photographic Interpretations-2002 

The Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 100, Exhibition Catalogue 

*The Newark Star Ledger Mitchell Seidel, “For this shooter, it’s all in the details January 7, 1998

Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Best of Photography Annual 1997

The Arthur Kaplan Company, New York, NY “Heat Wave” poster, 1989 

Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Best of Photography Annual 1987

Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Best of Photography Annual 1986