09/25/2022
(Repost ) This incredible print is still available during ! This photograph (“Les Skates / Studio” 12x8” Metal Print, $500) was selected as a favorite of AAF’s Fair Director, Erin Schuppert.
“SK8R GRLS” is a photo series by celebrating the freedom and joy of roller skating. In spring of 2021, Robinson took up skating as a way to stay active and reconnect with friends outdoors during COVID-19. During these skate dates, she photographed friends and eventually, a wider network of Baltimore-based female-identifying skaters. These images, made at a moment where it felt like the world was reopening after over a year of closure and isolation during the pandemic, evoke a feeling of release and freedom. These photographs made in the artist’s Maryland Art Place studio utilize strobe and gel lighting to simulate the vibes of the 80’s roller skating rinks reminiscent of Robinson’s childhood. The skaters photographed include artists, musicians and female entrepreneurs; women in the creative scene in Baltimore.
Robinson completed her BFA in photography at MICA and MFA in photography at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Her background is in documentary photography and portraiture. She is contributing photographer for BmoreArt Magazine. Her fine art work is represented by Addison/Ripley Fine Art in Washington, D.C. Robinson is a University Instructor of Photography at Georgetown University.
