Robert Darch
Robert Darch is a British artist-photographer. His first book, The Moor, was published in 2018.Life and work
Darch was born in Birmingham and grew up in Droitwich Spa. He studied Documentary Photography at University of Wales, Newport, graduating in 2004. He returned to study photography at Plymouth University in 2013 after a long period of illness, gaining a Masters in Photography & The Book and an MFA in Photographic Arts.
Darch resides in Devon, England, where he located the fictional town of Durlescombe, the setting for an on-going series exploring his familial attachment to this specific region of England.
Darch's first photo-book, The Moor, depicts a fictionalised dystopian future situated on the bleak moorland landscapes of Dartmoor, Devon.Publications by Darch
- The Moor. Another Place, 2018.. Edition of 500 copies.
Publications with contributions by Darch
- Portrait of Britain Vol 1. London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2018..
- Portrait of Britain Vol 2. London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2019..
Awards
- 2016: Portrait Salon, for "Boys on the Estuary"
- 2017: Winner, single image in Life category, Renaissance Photography Prize
- 2018: Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography
- 2019: Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography
Selected group exhibitions
- Distinctly, Look Photo Biennal, Liverpool, U.K., September 2019. Work by Darch and Martin Parr, Chris Killip, Daniel Meadows, John Myers, Markéta Luskačová, Tish Murtha, Ken Grant,Niall McDiarmid and Kirsty Mackay.
- Distinctly, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, September 2018. Work by Darch and Martin Parr, Chris Killip, Daniel Meadows, John Myers, Markéta Luskačová, Tish Murtha, Ken Grant, Paul Seawright, Niall McDiarmid, Elaine Constantine, and Kirsty Mackay.
