Robert Eck­hardt is a 19th cen­tury pho­tog­ra­phy dealer and 21st cen­tury fine art pho­tog­ra­pher. Orig­i­nally trained as an avian ecol­o­gist, past careers include assis­tant pro­fes­sor of ver­te­brate biol­ogy at the Uni­ver­sity of Maine, edi­tor in the Trade Book Divi­sion of Simon & Schus­ter, com­puter book author, and con­tribut­ing edi­tor of Mac­world magazine.

Robert started pho­tograph­ing in his teens, but put his cam­eras away (for good, he thought) some 25 years ago. The con­ver­gence of com­put­ers, cam­eras, and dig­i­tal imagery prompted him to start pho­tograph­ing again in 2003. His cur­rent pho­to­graphic inter­ests include panora­mas, night pho­tog­ra­phy, slow shut­ter speeds, and impres­sion­ist imagery.

When not work­ing on his own pho­tographs, Robert is involved with sell­ing early vin­tage pho­tog­ra­phy at Best Real Photo Post­cards and Per­fect Like­ness: Fine Antique Pho­tographs. For more infor­ma­tion, click on the links in the sidebar.

Exhi­bi­tions

• Foto Nova 19 (Juried Group Show), Mod­ern­book Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, March 2009
• The Next Step (group show, juried by John Paul Capon­i­gro), Maine Media Work­shops, Rock­port, ME, July 2009
• Park­lands: North America’s Crown Jew­els (Juried Group Show), Filoli Cen­ter, Wood­side, CA, August/September 2009
• motion|pictures, Kelly Street Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA, June 2010
• The Next Step (group show, juried by John Paul Capon­i­gro), Renais­sance Fine Art & Design, Carmel, IN, May-June 2011

Pho­to­graphic teaching

• Assis­tant Instruc­tor, Ansel Adams Gallery work­shops, 2008 – 2011

Pho­to­graphic training

• Christo­pher James, Maine Pho­to­graphic Workshops
• Carl Chiarenza, Maine Pho­to­graphic Workshops
• Seth Resnik, D-65
• John Paul Capon­i­gro, Capon­i­gro Gallery
• Michael Frye, Ansel Adams Gallery