Bob Newman is a retired physician, who for the past 15 years, has been working as a professional photographer engaged in long-term projects. His career in medicine, with a practice that served disadvantaged communities, guides his work as a visual storyteller. He is drawn to collaborating with members of marginalized communities to document the challenges they face and the richness of their cultures.
This year, he was named a 2021 Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist, London International Creative Competition Finalist and placed Second in the Independent Photographer Portrait Photography Awards. His images have been Short Listed for the Belfast Photo Festival and selected for the Life Exhibition at A. Smith Gallery and the Memories Exhibition at the Southeastern Center for Photography.
In 2020, he was named to the Critical Mass Top 50, Short Listed in the Portrait of Humanity Competition, named a Finalist in the Fresh Annual Summer Exhibition, and selected as Portrait Finalist at the Head On Photo Festival (Sydney, Australia). International Photography Awards (IPA) selected thirteen images of his for awards including Jury Top 5, First Place and Honorable Mentions.
He participated in VII Photo’s 2018-2019 Masterclass in Warsaw and the 2019 Eddie Adams Workshop. Additional awards received in 2019 recognizing the quality of his images include Travel Photography of the Year Finalist, International Photography Awards Best of Show and 1st Place Awards, and B/W Child Competition (2nd Half of 2019) Grand Winner and 1st Place Documentary Awards. Photography @ Oregon Gallery (Eugene, OR) hosted his “Irish Traveller” images in a Solo Exhibition in the fall of 2019.
