ROBERT C. ANDERSON

Photography

Robert c. Anderson is a native Chicagoan and retired educator with the Chicago Public Schools. He first bought a camera while stationed in Vietnam in 1969-70. That experience may have sparked his interest in the unflinching boldness of daily reality in urban environments. Although he has shot pictures sporadically since that time, he took up the camera again since retirement. He also has studied traditional African drumming (Malinke) and recently added the soprano saxophone. Robert also enjoys metal sculpture, primarily by using found materials. He believes that all these areas of expression feed one another in a positive way.

An untrained photographer, Robert has spent considerable time photographing the nit and grit of the city. He has primarily focused on capturing the commonplace, forgotten, and neglected structures and artifacts that define the Chicago urban landscape, revealing their beauty, nobility and starkness.