Photographer
/ Based in San Juan Islands, Washington State
Robert Dash is an educator and award-winning photographer whose work features micro nature with macro impact. His work has been published by National Geographic, TIME, Lenswork, and Buzzfeed, and exhibited in the US and overseas....
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Focus:Photographer, Science, Author
Skills:Digital Printing, Apple Final Cut Pro, Black & White Printing
Skilled at:Digital Printing, Apple Final Cut Pro, Black & White Printing
Coverage Regions:USA & Canada
Years of experience: More than 10
Robert Dash is an educator and award-winning photographer whose work features micro nature with macro impact. His work has been published by National Geographic, TIME, Lenswork, and Buzzfeed, and exhibited in the US and overseas. Dash’s On An Acre Shy of Eternity won the Nautilus Book Awards Gold for Photography, and Best of Self Published. His traveling exhibition about food and climate change is: "Food for Thought/ Micro Views of Sustenance: Threats and Prospects."
2021 China International Photography Art Exhibition (CIPAE), Food for Thought 2020 RFotofolio Annual Call, Jurors, Paula Tognarelli, Jennifer Schlesinger Backlight Festival/Visual Catalysts, Tampere, Finland From a Seed, NYC4PA, New York, Juror: Aline Smithson 2019 Center for Fine Art Photography, CO, This Changing Planet, Juror: Laura Beltran Villamizar Lishui Photography Festival, China
Critical Mass Finalist, Food For Thought Series, Jurors: Multiple Griffin Museum of Photography/ 25th Member Exhibition, Juror: Julie Grahame The Big Picture, Denver Month of Photography, Juror: Mark Sink Art and Science, A Smith Gallery, Juror: Linda Alterwitz 2018 Critical Mass Finalist, Micro Climate Change Series, Jurors: Mulltiple Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3), Jurors: Multiple In The In Between, Photography and Extinction Online Exhibit, Juror: Stephanie Amon Griffin Museum of Photography/ 24th Member Exhibition, Juror: Richard McCabe Kaunas Photo Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania, Outdoor Exhibition, Jurors: Multiple FestFoto International Festival of Photography of Porto Alegre, Brazil, Portfolio Finalist, Jurors: Multiple Portals, New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror: Darren Ching Patterns and Shadows, New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror: Stephen Perloff Photobooks, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA, Juror: Paula Tognarelli Tree Talk, Griffin Museum of Photography/Lafayette Ctr, Boston, Juror: Paula Tognarelli 2017 Yixian and Lishui Int'l Photography Festivals, China, Jurors: Guo Jing, Laura Moya Critical Mass Finalist, Introspective Series, Jurors: Multiple White Swan-Wildlife International Photography Festival, Henan, China Juror: Guo Jing The FENCE, Brooklyn, Boston, Atlanta, Durham, Santa Fe, Denver, Houston, Calgary Infinite Possibility II: Imagination & Creation, Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Juror: Lisa Volpe Aviary, Griffin Museum of Photography/Lafayette Center, Boston, MA Juror: Paula Tognarelli The Big Picture, Denver Month of Photography, Juror: Mark Sink Spirit Taking Form, San Juan Island Museum of Art, Friday Harbor, WA 2016 Texture, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Linnea Lenkus Connect, Lensculture Network, Juror: Aaron Schuman Open Group Show, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY, Juror: Paula Tognarelli Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA, Juror: Paula Tognarelli Flight, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror: Laura Moya Up Close and Personal, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror: Kathleen Clemons Macro, New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror: Laura Noble Elemental Observations: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, FotoFest/Baytown Art League, TX Jurors: Jean Caslin and Dianne Gregory 2015 Tattered, Torn and Sepia, San Juan Island Museum of Art, Friday Harbor, WA Ethos, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Linnea Lenkus Water, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Juror: S Gayle Stevens Arte de Avian, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac City, AZ, Juror: Ben Johnson Collective Visions Gallery 2015, Bremerton, WA, Juror: Greg Robinson 2014 High and Dry, International Cultural Center of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Juror: Jean Caslin 2013 Edge Arts Group Show, Orcas Center, Orcas Island, WA Rare Earth, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, Juror: William Neill Collective Visions Gallery 2013, Bremerton, WA, Juror: Alfredo Arreguin 2012 People, New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror: Thomas Werner 2011 Collective Visions Gallery 2011, Bremerton, WA, Juror: Dennis Peacock Robert Dash Photography, Jewell Box Theater, Poulsbo, WA, solo 2010 Collective Visions Gallery 2010, Bremerton, WA, Juror: Jake Seniuk 2009 Safe Harbor, Pt. Angeles Fine Arts Center, Juror: Jake Seniuk
Presentations On An Acre Shy of Eternity Book Launch and Lecture, Orcas Center, May 2017 TEDx Orcas Island, The Intercourse of Nature: It's What We Are, March 2016
Awards 2021 Siena Creative Photo Awards Shortlist 2019 Center for Fine Art Photography, CO, This Changing Planet, Juror: Laura Beltran Villamizar, Honorable Mention Planetary Health Alliance/Visura Open Call Visual Storytellers, Honorable Mention Griffin Museum of Photography/ 25th Member Exhibition, Juror: Julie Grahame, Honorable Mention 2018 Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3), Gold/Press/Environmental, for Micro Climate Change Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3), Bronze/Fine Art/Collage, for Micro Climate Change Visura/UPI Grant for Visual Storytelling on Climate Change, Shortlist Silver Award, Wildlife International Photography Festival, Henan, China, for Introspective series International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, for Micro Climate Change Nautilus Book Awards/Gold/ Photography, Best of Self Published Finalist, Foreword Reviews Indie Book Awards, Photography Salish Sea in Focus, First Prize, Landscapes, Second Prize, Humans Second Place, Portals, New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror, Darren Ching Third Place, Patterns and Shadows, New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror, Stephen Perloff 2016 Patterns, Art Ascent Magazine, Gold Artist Second Place and Honorable Mention, Macro, New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror, Laura Noble 2014 High and Dry, International Cultural Center of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Honorable Mention: Between the Lines 2012 People, New York Center for Photographic Art, Honorable Mention, Spirit of a River 2011 Collective Visions Gallery 2011 Show, Bremerton, WA, Kitsap County Arts Board Purchase Award, Crow Wing Detail
Galleries Orcas Artworks, Orcas Island, WA
Collections The Lambiel Museum, Orcas Island, WA International Cultural Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Joan Morgenstern – promised gifts to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Numerous private collections
Publications 2022 National Geographic Magazine Feature, "Growing a Greener Feast," February issue 2021 National Geographic Proof 2019 Buzzfeed News Lenscratch Art and Science: The ExhibitionPassporte Fine Art Online Gallery, Micro Climate Change 2018 Katalog Magazine, Cover image and feature: Show Me the Carbon, November, 2018 Lenswork Magazine, Introspective, Revealing the Imperceptible, June, 2018 Lenswork Magazine, 25th Anniversary Issue, #138 2016 Art Ascent Magazine, Patterns, August 2016 Rattle Poetry Magazine: Ekphrastic Challenge, April 2016 National Geographic Phenomena Blog, The Earth Has Lungs, Watch Them Breathe The Week, Captured Photo Blog, The Sinister Beauty of Plant Cells Lensculture.com Explore: Nature, Black, and White 2015 TIME.com/Science, 11/29/15
Residencies 2023 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon (Winter) 2012 Great Sand Dunes National Park Artist, Mosca, CO
Education 1991 Master of Arts, Human Development, Pacific Oaks College 1988 Washington State Teaching Credential 1980 Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies, The Evergreen State College