Photography

Gem Spa, 2nd Ave & St Marks, East Village, NYC - Photo by Robert Stribley

Awards & Exhibitions

My photography has been featured in a number of different exhibits, including the following:

In Summer 2021, my photo “Respect” was featured as the lead image in SVA’s exhibit “These Years” at Photoville at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
In 2018, Arts & Crafts Beer Parlor featured an exhibit of my photography, entitled “Images from the White Continent,” consisting of photos taken from my trip to Antarctica in late 2016. They were on display at both locations of Arts & Crafts in Manhattan in April/May and June/July, respectively.
In July 2017, my photo "Ocho Rios Boy" was named one of four winners in the Grow Juried Group Show, which appeared at Art House NYC.
In July and August 2016, Arts & Crafts Beer Parlor hosted my first photo exhibit "sur/real new york" in Greenwich Village here in New York City.

A young woman raises her fist in defiance, one attendee at a large protest on 5th Avenue near Trump Tower. I sign behind her reads "I won't respect a President who doesn't respect me." — My photo “Respect” was the lead image in SVA’s “These Years” exhibit at Photoville in Brooklyn Bridge Park in the Summer of 2001.

Photojournalism

My journalistic photography has been featured on BK Reader, CNN.com, i-D Vice, Laughing Squid, Medium.com, The Observer, at Photoville, and, soon, in a book about a landmark NoLIta restaurant.

Book cover for Generatie Columbine shows a protest in Manhattan with many people in the street and a sign which says "Books not bullets" in all-caps

My photo from the 2018 March for Our Lives in Manhattan is featured on the cover of Generatie Columbine by the Dutch journalist David Klis.

Featured by CNN.com

Featured by Medium

Hands Off Ukraine, featured in Medium’s “War in Ukraine: What We’re Reading”
A Beach Divided, photoessay on the border of the United States and Mexico
Way Down in the Hole
A Memorial at Stonewall
53 Minutes Outside Trump Tower
A Brief Chat With New York City’s Counter Terrorism Police About my Photography | Reprinted in The Observer

Event Photography

Occasionally, I do event photography, generally in a candid, photojournalistic style.

Photos taken at the Sustainable Travel Conference, United Nations, the Travel+SocialGood Bookstore Tour, and Strengthening the Information Ecosystem panels hosted by All Tech Is Human at the Consulate General of Finland. All events in New York, NY.

Photography Projects

The projects feature a mix of my street and journalistic photography.

NYC Corners
This Is New York
The Trump Tower Project - I also worked on an extended project, featuring images captured outside of Trump Tower after Donald Trump was elected President in November, 2017. Many of these photos can be found in essays on Medium.com.
The following essays include photos taken from protests after Trump’s election before his inauguration.
- Signs of Dissent
- Signs and Wonders

For more of my photography, visit my flickr site or follow me on Instagram. If you’re interested in purchasing my photography, feel free to reach out to me.

Liberty Under Repair
Mural by @kobrastreetart on Thompson Street in Manhattan

Women Weren’t Given the Right to Vote. They Won It.

The Year That Changed the World, artwork, Park Slope Armory, YMCA

“America is waiting for a message of some sort or another” – Brian Eno and David Byrne, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts // Park Slope Door with Flag, Sunday, 3 November 2024

Here’s hoping for a future where we studiously and thoughtfully consider how to truly make these United States great.
Where we cultivate curiosity and respect for the diversity of human experience.
Where we take pride in improving the lives of

Nueva York ama a Puerto Rico. Solidaridad. ✊🗽🇵🇷

“It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera … they are made with the eye, heart, and head.”

— Henri Cartier-Bresson