ABOUT
I am a South African Photographer dealing with socio-spatial issues centred around land, history and globalisation — both within my home country and further afield. My work is made in the context of interactions that I have with my subjects, and in turn the interactions that we both have with the environment we find ourselves in. The environment — be it ‘natural’ or built — is viewed as the embodiment of a constant negotiation between those who inhabit the land and the land itself.
AWARDS + PRESS
2022 Published on the It’s Nice That online platform (UK)
2021 Published in Something Special Studios annual Photobook - Summer Of Something Special Vol. 3 (USA)
2021 Published in Antics Publications - Journal of Grievances, Collected Tales Photobook. Vol. 4 (COL/USA)
2021 Shortlisted for Palm* Photo Prize 2021 (UK)
2021 Special Mention in PH MUSEUM 2021 Grant Program (ITA)
2021 Published on the Anywhereblvd Artist Interview platform (USA)
2021 Published on the C41 Magazine online platform as a Selected by C41 Artist (ITA)
2021 Published on the Nowhere Diary online platform as a featured artist (DNK)
2021 Published on the Der Greif online platform as a featured artist (GER)
2021 Guest blogger on the Der Greif online platform (GER)
2020 Published in print in Der Greif - Issue 13: Surplus Management (GER)
2020 Published on the Chrono Collective online platform (UK)
2020 Published on the Booooooom online platform (CAN)
2020 Published on the Manju Journal online platform (GHA)
2020 Shortlisted for Palm* Photo Prize 2020 (UK)
2019 Published in print in Oath Magazine - Vol.1 (RSA)
2019 Published in print in Best of LensCulture - Vol. 3 (NED)
2018 Published on the Nataal online platform (UK)
2018 Published on the Aint-Bad online platform (USA)
2018 Published in print in Aint-Bad - Issue 13 (USA)
2018 LensCulture Portrait Awards Finalist (NED)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Into The Blaze, The Fourth Gallery, Cape Town
2021 PH Museum Days Festival, Bologna
2021 Palm* Photo Exhibition, East Photographic Gallery, London
2019 Unforeseen Landscapes, PH Centre, Cape Town
2018 Photo London, LensCulture Exhibition, Somerset House, London
2015 Passing Through, Space Between Gallery, Cape Town
2015 That Art Fair, Cape Town
2014 New Thoughts After Time, Cape Town Month of Photography, Cape Town
2013 Stellenbosch Academy GradEx, Stellenbosch
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts (Applied Design) Majoring in Photography, Stellenbosch Academy Of Design & Photography (2013)
Bachelor of Arts Honours in Art Historical Studies, University of Cape Town (2014)
ONLINE
https://palmstudios.co.uk/photoprize/shortlist2021/
https://phmuseum.com/grants/2021-photography-grant
https://www.anywhereblvd.com/interviews/2021/3/14/robin-bernstein
https://nowherediary.co/stories/story-36-robin-bernstein
https://dergreif-online.de/artist-feature/robin-bernstein/
https://dergreif-online.de/special/13/
https://www.booooooom.com/2020/09/11/photographer-spotlight-robin-bernstein/
https://palmstudios.co.uk/photoprize/shortlist2020/
http://nataal.com/portraits-for-tsweleni
https://www.aint-bad.com/article/2018/12/28/robin-bernstein-2/
https://deadtownzine.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/robin-bernstein/
https://monthofphotography.wordpress.com/2015/07/27/robin-bernstein-senator-park/