Mount Sopris panoramic
03 — Chronology

A working chronology.

Selected milestones from 1978 to the present — books, exhibitions, and the year of the photograph that occasioned each.

  1. 1985

    The first photograph

    It begins on a cold winter day in Oregon. At the time, Robert is VP of Operations and Marketing at Willamette Pass Ski Area. The camera comes out, and the work that follows never stops.

    Oregon
  2. 1991

    A workshop with Sam Abell

    Robert attends his first photographic workshop, with renowned National Geographic staff photographer Sam Abell — a turning point in the way he sees and composes.

    Workshop
  3. Practice

    The Artist's Way

    Robert becomes a student of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way — a practice of attention and creative discipline that has shaped the photographic work since.

    Discipline
  4. Book

    Colorado: Life & Light on the Land

    Self-published, in a Collectors Edition — a book of plates drawn from years of photographing the Rockies, the desert Southwest, and the quieter subjects in between.

    Collectors Edition
  5. Now

    Lafayette, Colorado

    Working from Lafayette, CO. A Trusted Art Seller with The Art Storefronts Organization. One goal, unchanged since 1985 — to connect people with nature through fine art photography.

    Lafayette, CO