Bronze in Fine Art/Other / 2026 / Fine Art / Other

• Prize
  Bronze in Fine Art/Other
• Photographer
  Robert David Atkinson, United States
• Date of Photograph
  2025
• Website
  https://robertdavidatkinson.com/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/robertatkinson_nature/

This series of black-and-white photographs examines the quiet presence of doves and pigeons through atmosphere, gesture, and light. Suspended between stillness and flight, the birds emerge from deep shadow and luminous space, becoming studies in fragility, grace, and survival. Their pale forms drift through darkness like fragments of memory—at once delicate and enduring.
The series invites viewers into a meditative space where silence, motion, and shadow coexist—where flight becomes less about escape and more about presence.

My personal work shown here is focused on recurring avian, landscape, and environmental themes, along with contrasting urban decay explorations.
I am a New York City-based commercial still life product/location photographer and videographer with a specialty and extensive expertise in watch product photography and video. My commercial work can be viewed at robertatkinson.com

Awards CPA 2024 Members' Juried Exhibition Peoples Choice Award- 2024

The Griffin - 30th Annual Members Juried Exhibition 2024

The Griffin - 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition 2024

Communications Arts - 2024

CPA 2024 Members' Juried Exhibition - 2024

Decode Gallery - Open Concept - 2024

Las Laguna Art Gallery - Black, White or Gray 2024

APA New York 2023 - 1st Place Best Series

APA San Fransisco - 2023

ASMP Aqua Art Miami Dec 2023

Communications Arts - 2023

Communications Arts - 2022

Decode Gallery - Grayscale Exhibit 2023

APA San Diego - 2023

APA New York - 2023

APA New York - 2022

APA San Fransisco - 2021