About Robin Hill

Spontaneity, wit, passion and meticulous attention to detail are words which sum up the photographs and the photographer. Originally from Nottingham, England, Robin Hill has made a name for himself among the mid-century modern architecture of Miami, his home since 1992. His striking photographs examine the interplay of shadow and light, lines and angles, buildings and their natural settings. Active in preservation of the iconic MiMo style for which Miami is known, and a sought-after lecturer on the modernist architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier as well as MiMo, Hill brings his passion for architecture to the photography he creates. His unique sense of style, his ability to capitalize on spontaneous opportunities which present themselves, and his enthusiasm for his subject come together in vibrant, stylish and flawless photographs that are as iconic, timeless and striking as the architecture he captures. His work has been featured in countless gallery exhibits (most recently the Guggenheim in New York), books and magazine covers. In addition to being a photographer, father, husband, book collaborator and former TV host, Robin Hill is also a contributing photographer at Home Miami and Home Fort Lauderdale magazines.

TV Credits

TV Host for EMMY award winning PBS series ‘ART 360’ 2005-9

Magazine Credits

Dwell, Vogue, WallPaper, Azure, Preservation Magazine, Modernism, People, National Geographic Traveler, ISLANDS, Garden Design, Elle Décor, Conde Nast Traveler,
American Way, Sky, Photo District News, Ocean Drive Magazine, Inside Out, Home Los Angeles,
Architectural Record, Architecture, Popular Photography, Home Miami, Florida Travel & Life, Home Fort Lauderdale, Panache, L’Arca, Shutterbug, The New York Times,

Photography Books

2010 Miami Architecture Guide University of Florida Press

2008 Cook it like a Native, A preservation story for the Villagers

2007 Designing the Good Life, Norman Giller and Miami Modernism

2007 The Glass House Assouline
2007 The Glass House Pentagram
2006 ‘Prologue to Greatness’ Story of the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami (Herald Publishing)
2004 “MiMo: Miami Modern Revealed” (San Francisco: Chronicle Books)
1999 “National Geographic Traveler Guide to Miami and the Keys”

Select Awards

2010 Stars of Design Photography Award from DCOTA

2006 Architectural nominee International Color photography awards
2004 Miami Design Preservation League Appreciation Award, for MiMo Photos
2002 Print Magazine photo awards
1999 Miami Herald Tropical Best photo
1999 Photo Essay of the Year, Florida Magazine Association
1996 Popular Photography Your Best Shot
1995 Popular Photography Zoom Photo of the Year

Movie Credits

2005 ‘Where the truth lies’ Consultant on mid century modern architecture and design to Production designer Philip Barker. Directed by Atom Egoyan.

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Frank Lloyd Wright’s Florida Southern Charles Cowles Gallery New York
2008 SNIP Miami Beach MiMo
2007 Casa Décor Miami ‘waterworks’
2006 Lurie Fine Art Gallery, Miami MiMo
2006 Design Within Reach, Miami Beach Le Corbusier’s Villa la Savoye
2006 Pthalo Gallery Wynwood Waterworks series
2005 Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Going,Going,Gone? Mid Century Modern Architecture in Broward County
2005 Museum of Florida History, Tallahassee Going, Going, Gone?
2004 Susane R, Miami MiMo
2004 Newton Gallery, Miami MiMo and Beyond
2003 Sotheby’s/Fortune International, Miami Beach MiMo
2003 Britto Central Miami Beach Song of Light Dance of Shadow
2003 Gallery 428, Miami Beach What is MiMo?

Group Exhibitions

2009 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Frank Lloyd Wright From within outward
2009 Guggenheim Museum New York Frank Lloyd Wright;’From within outward’
2008 DCOTA Fort Lauderdale ‘Waterworks and MiMo’
2008 Kreeger Museum Washington DC The Architecture of Philip Johnson
2007 Art Futures
2007 Lurie Fine Art Gallery Waterworks series
2007 Casa Décor Miami Waterworks series
2005 The Gallery House, Miami The Carillon Hotel
2004 Art Miami, Miami Beach MiMo
2003 Museum of Science, Miami MiMo
2003 Pthalo, Miami Waterworks series
2003 Miami International Airport, Miami MiMo
2003 Art Temple, Miami Beach MiMo
2003 Artopia, Miami Beach The Motels of Biscayne Blvd
2003 Steven Watt Gallery, Miami Motel MiMo
2003 Susane R, Miami MiMO
2003 Art Miami, Miami The Carillon Hotel
2003 Dot 51, Miami Song of light Dance of Shadow
2003 Dance for Life, Gusman Theater, Miami
2003 Trinity Cathedral, Miami
2003 Art Serve, Fort Lauderdale MiMo
2002 Seymour Hotel, Miami Beach Beyond the Box
2002 Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum New York ‘New Hotels for Global Nomads’
2002 Municipal Art Society New York ‘Beyond the Box’

Press

International Herald Tribune (Miami Modern)
Financial Times London (Miami Modern)
New York Times Travel Section (Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale)
Newsweek, Travel Podcast on MiMo, (ongoing)
The Beach Channel, on MiMo (ongoing)
PBS Channel 2 State of the Arts
Design Within Reach, by Rob Forbes, July 2005
The Miami Herald, by Beth Dunlop, July 2005
Dwell magazine “In the Modern World,” September 2005
The Sun Sentinel, by Emma Trelles, July 2005
The Style Channel by Brini Maxwell, October 2004
WAXY 790 AM “A Higher Path,” January 2004
WLRN “TV Art Street,” January 2004
WAXY 790 AM “News & Views,” September 2003
WAXY 790 AM “News & Views,” June 2003
CNN Jeanne Moos, December 2002
Hospitality Design magazine, Kelly Beamon October 2004
Shutterbug magazine, Maria Piscopo September 2004
La Nacion, by Carolina Robbiano, April 2004
The Miami Herald, by Beth Dunlop, October 2003
The Miami Herald, by Beth Dunlop, September 2003
The Miami Herald, by Beth Dunlop, November 2001
The Miami Herald, by Nicole White, October 2001
Ocean Drive magazine, by Tom Austin December 2003
Art Basel Program Sam keller 2002
Hospitality Design magazine, by Kelly Beamon, December 2002
Photo District News, by Jane Gottlieb, March 2002
Sun Sentinel, by Matt Schudel, October 2001
Miami New Times, by Nina Korman, May 2003
The Miami Herald, by Mathew Pinzar, March 2003
American Way, by Elaine Glusac, February 2002
GRID Magazine, by Peter Slatin March 2002
Miracle Journeys, by Sorah Dubitsky, March 2003
Miracle Journeys, by Sorah Dubitsky, June 2003
El Nuevo Herald, by Miguel Sirgado, July 2003

Slide Lectures

University of Miami ‘Frank Llod Wright’s Florida Southern College
Miami Dade College, “Frank Lloyd Wright”
Design Within Reach, “Le Corbusier”
Historical Museum of South Florida, “MiMo Architecture”
DACRA/Miami Intelligence, “MiMo and Beyond”
Miami Intelligence, 2004, “Light, Shadow and the Creative Process”
Art Deco Weekend, 2003, “MiMo Architecture”
Miami Intelligence, 2003, “MiMo Architecture”
Gallery 428, 2003, “The Art of Creativity”
Gallery 428, 2003, “MiMo”
Gallery 428, 2003, “The Dordogne”
Miami Ad School, 2003, “MiMo Architecture”
One Ear Society, 2003, “MiMo Architecture”
Miami International University, 2003, “MiMo Architecture”
Sotheby’s, 2003, “MiMo Architecture”
Kiwanis, 2003, “MiMo Architecture”
Artopia, 2003, “MiMo Architecture”