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Robert Burley (born March 18, 1957) is a Canadian photographer of architecture and the urban landscape.[1] He is based in Toronto, Canada, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[2]

Life and work[edit]

Robert Burley grew up in rural Ontario in the town of Picton. He studied Media Studies at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University), Toronto (BAA 1980) and later pursued graduate studies in photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA 1986). While living in Chicago, Burley trained briefly with Hedrich-Blessing Photographers before returning to Toronto to establish Design Archive, a firm specializing in architectural photography.[3] From 1997 to 2021 Burley was a professor at Ryerson University's School of Image Arts where he helped create new programs and resources related to photography. These include his contributions to the creation of Ryerson Library's Special Collections,[4] the acquisition of the Black Star (photo agency) Collection,[5] and his position as one of the founding Program Directors of the graduate program in Film + Photographic Preservation.[6] Throughout his career, Burley has executed numerous commissioned and self-directed multi-year projects realized as books and exhibitions. These include:

  • O’Hare: Airfield on the Prairie (Chicago History Museum 1989)
  • Viewing Olmsted: Photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander and Geoffrey James (Canadian Centre for Architecture 1997) ISBN 0262621169
  • The Disappearance of Darkness: Photography at the end of the analog era (Princeton Architectural Press 2014) ISBN 9781616890957
  • An Enduring Wilderness: Toronto’s Natural Parklands (ECW Press 2017) ISBN 9781770413795
  • An Accidental Wilderness: The Origins and Ecology of Toronto’s Tommy Thompson Park (University of Toronto Press 2020) ISBN 9781487508340

Selected Collections[edit]

Awards[edit]

  • 2010: Mellon Senior Fellow – Canadian Centre for Architecture[21]
  • 2018: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
  • 2018: Planning Excellence Award – Publication, Canadian Institute of Planners
  • 2020: Award of Excellence – Research – The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
  • 2021: Heritage Toronto Award – Book – Accidental Wilderness: The Origins and Ecology of Toronto's Tommy Thompson Park[22]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "It Takes One: Robert Burley | The Cultural Landscape Foundation". www.tclf.org. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ryerson researchers named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada". Ryerson University. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Name authority details". gencat4.eloquent-systems.com. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  4. ^ Grady, Michelle (Summer 2020). "Keeping film alive: How the Kodak Canada Heritage Collection gained new life as a special collection" (PDF). Ryerson Magazine. Summer 2020: 46.
  5. ^ Adams, James (April 22, 2005). "Ryerson to receive major photo archive". Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 5, 2005.
  6. ^ Kirschenbaum, Megan (January 1, 2012). Photographic Preservation; On Becoming A Professionalized Field. Ryerson University Library (thesis). pp. 18–19. doi:10.32920/ryerson.14660688.v1. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  7. ^ "Robert Burley". National Gallery of Canada.
  8. ^ "Implosions of Building 65 and 69, Kodak Park, Rochester, New York, from the portfolio The Disappearance of Darkness". artgallery.yale.edu.
  9. ^ "Lake Huron/Craigleith #9 2002". tms.artgalleryofhamilton.com.
  10. ^ "Results | Search Objects | George Eastman Museum". collections.eastman.org. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  11. ^ Canada, Library and Archives (July 20, 2017). "Record". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  12. ^ "FOMU Collectie". collection.fotomuseum.be. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  13. ^ Architecture (CCA), Canadian Centre for. "Search". www.cca.qc.ca. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  14. ^ "O'Hare Field photographs by Robert Burley [graphic]". chhiso.ent.sirsi.net. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  15. ^ "An Enduring Wilderness: Toronto's Natural Parklands". City of Toronto. September 7, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  16. ^ "Doris McCarthy Gallery – My City My Six: home/place". dorismccarthygallery.utoronto.ca. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  17. ^ "musée Nicéphore Niépce – Robert Burley". en.museeniepce.com. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  18. ^ "Robert Burley: La Disparition de l'Obscurité". Musée des beaux-arts du Canada. October 16, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  19. ^ "Robert Burley: The Disappearance of Darkness | Ryerson Image Centre". ryersonimagecentre.ca. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  20. ^ "Residue: The Persistence of the Real". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  21. ^ Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). "Mellon Senior Fellows 2010". www.cca.qc.ca. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  22. ^ Toronto, Heritage. "Accidental Wilderness Tommy Thompson". Heritage Toronto. Retrieved November 10, 2021.

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