Merrill A. Roberts Jr.

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MERRILL A. ROBERTS JR. PHOTOGRAPHY/DIGITAL / IMAGING Merrill A. Roberts Jr. was a member of the New York Working Press, and is a photogra-pher who has captured defining images of the most importants, past and present , through the filter of his uncompromising eye. A product of Harlem NY, Merrill is a self taught photographer who's eye on the world has been honed by the mean streets of New York City, a stint in the military that introduced him to the foreign lands and illegal substances before he turned twenty. Merrill held various jobs doing honest work as a tractor trailer driver and a plumber-welder; all accompanied by his cameras. A continuing hallmark of Merrill's work is a sense of empathy that allows him to do so much more than just get the candid shots for the numerous (and prestigious) publica-tions he freelanced. Merrill's photography are compositions that are equal parts biogra-phy, commentary and documentary. Film/Digital is Merrill's medium. To fully utilize this medium, he trained his eyes to see. as he puts it, "and to see what I saw, when I did not see, and to see what was not there but was there when I first looked at whatever the subject was." Merrill's vision has not only captured the famous at work or on-stage; his photographs have given a face to the faceless and are reminders of the simple pleasures often over-looked. What you see before you is only a sample of Merrill's work. You've probably seen his pictures on the pages of the New York Times, The Daily News, Penthouse, Downbeat, Billboard, Ebony, Jet and Essence magazines. If you still own vinyl, you just might have an album cover Merrill shot. Merrill has cataloged his work in anticipation of publication. He has captured some of the most turbulent times of the last half of this century. He is a visual griot of the trials, triumphs and evolution of a group that has morphed from being Colored, Negro, Black and African American. It's an eye- opening journey, and you're invited to join him. I started in Photography when I was twelve with a Brownie Box 120 Format Camera that my mother gave me to keep me out of trouble along with my first dark room. I study the Famous Photographer books and listend to a friend that was an estabnlished Photographer. From that experience I learned to Listen and Listened to Learn. Then one day I was looking in a magazine and saw a picture and said I can do that, I looked up the editor and the rest is history (It Worked).I strive to be the best I can be at what I do. I do not use PhotoShop. But I do have CS4. It is my Philosophy that if you take a good picture you don't have to enhance it with MINIPULATION. That's Fake.

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