Englebright Photography

About me

Gender	Male
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Photography
Location	New York, NY, United States
Introduction	Robert Englebright was born and raised in Pekin, Illinois. He moved to Chicago to study for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography at the School of Art & Design, University of Illinois Chicago . He began working in the commercial photography industry, mostly in the areas of Advertising and Corporate photography. He also developed and ran a photography gallery devoted to emerging artists. Robert has exhibited his work, including a body of his photographs entitled "Second Impressions," a collection of black and white silver gelatin prints of New York City taken with a 1940's box camera. After 4 years of traveling to and from New York Robert moved there in 1999. He spent the next 10 years working for highly accomplished and well known advertising, fashion, and celebrity portrait photographers as assistant, manager, and producer in both freelance and full time capacities. At end of 2008 Robert cut ties with the commercial photography industry and began devoting himself exclusively to his personal work. He is currently living in Manhattan, practicing his craft, and pursuing various ways to market his photography and increase people's awareness of his work.
Interests	Photography, urban exploration, movies, music, the arts, travel, and spiritual growth.