Robin Resch '03

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Robin Resch ‘03

Visual Artist

Me in 50 words or less:
I’m a photographer, architect and artist — a genuinely visual and creative soul. I am deeply inspired by the world and people around me and aim to help others by bringing a little more beauty and serenity into their lives.

Pronouns: She/her/hers

Department: Architecture

Bio:

Robin Resch is an accomplished photographer, architect and artist who works throughout the greater NYC metropolitan area. After receiving her Masters in Architecture from Princeton University in 2003, she opened her own studio in the heart of downtown Princeton. Innovative and highly regarded, her studio provides photography, fine-art and design services. She accepts portrait work on commission.

Robin’s art is exhibited widely and in collections throughout the United States and Europe. (www.robinresch.net and www.robinreschstudio.com)

Her architectural training informs her documentary photographic work as she is interested in making images that are about people in their personal environments as well as the impact people have on our collective environments. Her landscape photography, which is more abstract, seeks to explore our human experience of the natural environment. Exhibitions of Resch’s work include NRG’s headquarters, Princeton University’s Lucas Gallery, the Pringle Gallery in Philadelphia, Design Within Reach, Princeton Project Space, the Arts Council of Princeton, and the Nassau Club. Her photographs have been published in the New York Times, the Witte de With Cahiers, the Rotterdams Dagblad, Italian GQ, and Princeton Magazine, amongst others. In 2012, she was honored to be the exclusive campaign photographer in Princeton for an exclusive fundraising event with First Lady Michelle Obama.

Artist Statement:

“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence, we could rise up rooted like trees.” — Rilke

There is so much strength to be garnered from nature. So much energy and wisdom to be absorbed, witnessed, experienced and learned. Being one with the landscape can be humbling as we realize we are faced with something far greater than ourselves.

In my landscape photography I seek to explore the power of nature and the duality of its ephemerality and continuum. Sometimes, it is the force of nature, a crashing stream, rolling fog, and rushing wind that alters and abstracts the object of the picture; sometimes, I intentionally blur the focus, abstracting the landscape in order to evoke the emotive experience of the fleeting moment, that of the landscape as we pass through it -- an analogy to the fleeting nature of our own lives and the vulnerability of our planet.

Ephemerality and continuum. Stasis and flow. The ability to renew. That is what I seek to convey with in my landscape photography. The solid, rooted strength of a towering redwood tree against the roaring rush of the Big Sur river, swollen by rain. The irreverent humor of a random cactus in a sea of sand carved by the wind. The deep rich strata of an abandoned iron mine’s intense geologic beauty, laid bare by man’s greed. The mesmerizing bright green new growth over the charred hills of Malibu where former driveways have become verdant folds in the landscape. There is sadness and there is hope. Destruction and renewal.

I would like to share my expertise with:

  • Alumni

  • Students

I would like to:

  • Speak on a panel

  • Conduct a workshop

  • Share advice via phone or coffee chat

  • Let someone shadow me (1 day)

  • Hire an intern/apprentice (a few weeks/months)

Contact Robin Resch