Robert Cassidy is passionate about the art and science of photography. He states, “A conscientious photographer must appreciate the science to master the art of photography.”
His philosophy in creating his unique imagery is revealed when he states, “When I release my camera’s shutter, I strive to make the mundane extraordinary, the uninspiring exciting, and capture beauty that is often taken for granted, overlooked, or that makes a fleeting presence.” He has five decades of experience as a photographer. His first photographic assignment was in 1978, for the US Army, in Germany, creating a slide show of Frankfurt. He was first published and paid for his photographs in a US magazine, in 1992, and his pearls of wisdom, when he submitted an unsolicited article with photographs, to the magazine’s editor. Consider that a Minolta 35mm SLR film camera and a typewriter were used, proving the most expensive camera and latest and greatest word processing software were not required. Subsequently, he was invited to become a Staff Writer and Photographer, for the magazine, to which he made monthly contributions to, for six years. He transitioned from 35mm and 120 film to professional digital camera equipment, in 2008, though he dabbled in it, since 2005, to try to understand what all the excitement and hype was about.
Robert calls Bothwell, Tasmania “home”. He relocated there, November 2009 and it is the longest he has lived in one place. He spent thirty-six years of his life as a professional pilot, beginning with flying U.S. Army Bell Iroquois helicopters and reaching the pinnacle of his career, serving as a captain of Boeing 747-400 jumbo jets. He combined his passions for flying and photography, when he had owned and operated an aerial photography business. He was lured to take up residence in Tasmania, after seeing vale Peter Dombrovskis’ landscape photograph, titled, “Rock Island Bend” on the Franklin River, in southwest Tasmania.
He has been published as a photographer, internationally, for more than three decades. His photographic accomplishments that he is most proud of include photos appearing in ‘Australian Geographic’ magazine, ‘Australian Photography’ magazine, ‘40°South’ magazine, ‘Australian Construction Review’ magazine, four books, a commercial brochure for Armstrong Flooring, an Irish music CD, many newspapers, and various websites. He has been published even longer, as a writer.
Recently, he has completed writing a 444 page book, titled, “Dancing With Clouds – Never Take ‘No’ For An Answer”. You can read more about it, by just clicking on MY BOOK.
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY was created as an online portfolio to showcase and sell his photographs and photographic services.
Please visit the SERVICES link to inquire about rates to contract his services, a commission, price of an image, or a photo exhibition. Looking forward to hearing from you. Contact information can be found, here.
My résumé: Robert Cassidy _Photographer_CV
Professional Equipment: High resolution, full frame Sensor (36mm × 24mm) Nikon D3x, Nikon D3, Nikon D3s and Hasselblad 503CWD (36.7mm × 36.7mm) digital cameras, with thirty-two Nikon Nikkor professional-grade lenses and five Hasselblad Carl Zeiss medium format lenses to choose from, as well as eight studio lights, for results you would expect from a true professional. For a glimpse of some of Robert Cassidy’s favorite pieces of photographic equipment, please click here.
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