about
Robert Stone is an American photographer and visual artist, born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Stone's photographic work focuses on themes of memory, emotional trauma, environmental tensions, and the veiled surface of the American psyche. What this translates to are projects that vacillate between emotional equivalence and observations of human experience within America. These intimate and often vulnerable portraits share space with our natural American habitat both inside and out.
Stone is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Worcester State University and lectures at Connecticut State College Housatonic. Prior to these appointments he taught at Franklin Pierce University and the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Stone received his M.F.A. in Photography and Related Media from the Rochester Institute of Technology. His research focused on how the resonance of imagery can be used as a tool for communication. He also received a B.F.A. in Photography from the Hartford Art School with a minor in Art History, and holds a degree in Fine Art from Housatonic Community College.
Other activities of interest include; working with community outreach as a mentor for the RYASAP initiative, utilizing social media avenues such as TikTok to discuss and educate on human rights issues of which he has garnered a following of over 100,000 people, and working as Secretary of the Board for the Spinning Arts Foundation. He is also a screen actor, curator, writer, and active outdoor enthusiast who can often be found hiking the Appalachian Mountain range.
