“I capture musicians, local and global, from when they are playing their first concert to when they’re headlining the whole damn show.”

“Music: It’s Art, with words.” That’s not just a slogan, its a way of life for me and what I aim to bring to the local music scene by bring that rockstar desire to every single musician and concert goer that graces my lens.

Hi, my name is Arthur Robinson and I’m considered to be one of the best music photographers to ever live & breathe in the Central Valley. While making a living working in Fresno covering the finest musicians the city has to offer, I have spent the past six years watching the best acts in the country make their stop in the city where I was born and raised refining a unique type of photo-journalistic portraiture to record their presence. Live shots that make the best use of the venue’s available light, that also capture the personality of the artists performing in various locations all around the city, and have the tendency to look just as good as a portrait session in the studio.

Because of this, it has created an unprecedented demand for my work and I have been capturing moments for fun and profit in Central California every year since the Summer of 2012. 

If all this sounds like something you might be interested in, let’s talk.

 

Phone

(559) 213–7076

Email

itsartwithwords@gmail.com

Location

Fresno, CA

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My name is Arthur Robinson and I capture moments for fun and profit.

I've been doing it for quite a while now.

So for a quick bit of background, I'm a Fresno California native who, save for a few summer vacations, has never strayed far from his hometown. Except for that one time when I went to Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL for a couple of years and came back with a degree in Film & Video Production.

Fast forward the years I've occasionally worked production on a film set or a local commercial from time to time to now. I'm a freelance photographer based in the Central Valley specializing in three things: live music, live events, and live-action.

The big three as I call it.

As good as my memory is, I honestly can't remember the moment I wanted to be a photographer, but I do remember the scene. Summer. 2012. Front row. In the audience. Taking a picture of the bassist I had a crush on with the only camera I had on me at the time. My cell phone. As all this was happening I remember thinking about what I have just done, the combination of all my years of film appreciation with the techniques I was learning at home by being self-taught, this realization of not just the photo I had taken, but the moment I've captured. 

I had this awakening in me. That I had a different life now, that I was a different person and that things had happened, not just around me or near me, but to me, that I was responsible for all this, that the events leading up to that moment played out like a scene from a movie and my camera and I were taking in all these experiences in so I can share it to the rest of the public. 

Later that year, a close friend of mine let me borrow her camera during a road trip and the rest, they say, is history.

I've always been a very emotional person and I've always been an artistic person but I never had a way to express that art. To express my vision, the way I see the world, until that fateful day. I was finally doing what I was supposed to be doing. Life, love, music, moments, all these things blended together led me to a place to do what I doing. And with your help, I would like to keep doing what I'm doing and make a living out of it. 

But that's enough about me. Despite all of this, it’s honestly hard to talk about myself, but I thought I should paint a quick picture for you. I'll tell you what, though, I rather meet you in person so I can really get to know what can I do for you. So, if you please, drop me a line or slide into my DM’s, so we can grab a bite to eat and chat in person to discuss crafting a work of art created specifically just for you.