Keith Roberts

I have been working as a professional freelance photographer since 1992 and currently run the B.A. [hons] Degree in Photography at 'St Helens College'. My photography can be split into two distinct areas including 'Commercial' and 'Personal' practice.

Within my commercial practice, my work has been published internationally and clients include:

SAAB Magazine, FACE Magazine, ID Magazine, F2 Magazine, MONTANA Magazine, KEEP ON Magazine, THE PHOTOGRAPHER Magazine, GROOVE Magazine, PRINT WORLD Magazine among others.

My personal practice includes travel work from Asia, South America, Europe and the UK and I have exhibited this work extensively – The last show was part of a group show called ‘Contrast’ held at The Contemporary Urban Centre in Liverpool during August 2009.

I have two separate degrees at Masters level [M.B.A. & M.A.] the most recent of which is an M.A. in Fine Art [Photographic Practice] delivered through the University of Central Lancashire, where I obtained a 'Distinction'. My research proposal dealt with the creation of photographic visual interpretations of the memes left behind by a number of eminent philanthropic Victorians who lived and worked in the Southport area. The work was an attempt to further remember these people and celebrate the contribution they made to the Southport community. [See www.keithwroberts.com/photos.php?type=mems for imagery]

I have just started a practice led part-time PhD through MIRIAD at Manchester Metropolitan University. My research project will provide an accurate social historic document of the people and trades within the specific region of Merseyside based upon a social stratification taxonomy. This photographic typology will also provide objective evidence of unique and vanishing trades and crafts, that existed at this specific point in time. It is my intention to create a collection of precise and unpretentious portraits, providing the viewer with an objective realism about my chosen subjects. The portraits created for this project will be shot on large format [5x4] and involve an extremely slow, contemplative and methodical approach to image making. This lengthy and elaborate process clearly distinguishes the difference between the ‘taken’ photograph, to one which could be considered ‘made’.