BROKEN HEARTED is a photo series by Robert Downs.
It was a few days after a brake up with my girlfriend, I was just laying there, nothing and no one had a chance with me. There was just nothing left in the tank. Then like a spark it came to me, “go shoot something,,, anything”. Photography has long been my refuge, my profession and my favorite hiding place. I packed the car with gear and set out. I have always dug the punk scene and what a better place to start than down the street at the skate park.
What I found there I was not expecting, I found myself. I found a long since forgotten freedom to be anywhere i wanted anytime. Something I had not had in twelve years, I engaged fully with myself, my love of photography and the new person I was destin to become.
Art is a lot like life so photograph it.
About Robert Downs:
For many an artist, creativity is in the genes. Photographer Robert Downs is a compelling example of just that. His creativity springs from both sides of the parental well. Downs’ mother was a graphic artist and farther a photojournalist for more than forty years with the Atlanta Journal and Constitution which is where they met.
“I used to beg my father to take me to work with him on the weekends.” Robert remembers. “My job would be to carry all the staff photographer’s cameras to the football field and pick up film at half-time. My reward was I got to use a camera and dump my film in with the rest of the guys. Whether it was fate or a cruel joke, my shots started showing up in the paper. I was 13 years old when I scored the front page of the sports section. It was then I knew that I wanted to be a photographer.”
Over the past 17 years Robert Downs has sustained that dream making a living combining art and commerce with clients ranging from The Los Angeles Times and Sony Pictures to Kaman Music, Roland, and Sennheiser. His work has been featured extensively on covers and editorial and video spreads for DRUM! and Rhythm Magazine plus a host of the world’s top drum and guitar companies such as Pearl, Gretsch, Tama, Peavey, and Zildjian. Robert is also hard at work photographing today’s top musicians and bands including MegaDeath, No Doubt, Slipknot, Katy Perry and many more.
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Links:
robertdownsphotography.com
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