ROBIN DAHLBERG
ABOUT
Robin Dahlberg is a visual artist and arts educator based in New York City. With a background in law and social justice, she uses her camera to explore issues of identity, place and resilience and their influence upon each other. Sharing her passion for photography with others is fundamental to her work. Dahlberg has taught photography to people of various ages, backgrounds and capabilities. In 2018, she co-founded the teaching and exhibition collaborative, Five Corners Collective, to teach photography to underserved and geographically isolated communities.
Honors and Awards
2026
Winner: Belfast Photo Festival (Breaking Point)
Shortlisted: Photo Espana (Breaking Point)
Longlisted: The Best German Book Design 2026 (Breaking Point)
Finalist: Portrait Awards 2026, Dodho Magazine
2018
Honorable Mention, 12th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
2017
Center Review Santa Fe Photo Festival, Participant
Honorable Mention, 10th Pollux Awards
2016
Shortlisted and Special Jury Mention: The Anamorphosis Book Prize
(Billable Hours in 6-minute increments)
Shortlisted: Fototbookfestival Dummy Award Kassel
(Billable Hours in 6-minute Increments)
2012
25th Eddie Adams Workshop, Participant
Exhibitions
2024
Oaye Technology, Parson/New School, NY, NY
Oaye Technology, Dahl Art Center, Rapid City, SD
I Will Tell You What Freedom Is, Culture Lab LIC, Queens, NY
2022
Still, Like Air, I'll Rise, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
2021
Oaye Technology, New York Life Arts, New York, NY
Three Women, Three Books, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
2020
When you can't find the words, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2019
We are Queensbridge, Long Island City, NY (curator)
Lakota Star Stories, Praire's Edge, Rapid City, SD
Lakota Star Stories, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Women Photographers Today, Barcelona, Spain
2018
5th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography, Barcelona, Spain
The World Through My Eyes, Barcelona, Spain
2017
INFOCUS, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2016
Fotobookfestival Kassel / Beijing, China
In Our Time, Baxter Street @ The Camera Club of NY, New York, NY
Teaching Experience
Boys & Girls Club of Rosebud, Mission, SD
Jacob Riis Settlement House, Queensbridge Houses, Long Island City, NY
Yorkville East Middle School, After School Program, New York, NY
Lab Middle School, After School Program, New York, New York
International High School at La Guardia Community College, Queens, NY
IVDU Upper School, Yachad/National Jewish Council of Disabilities, Brooklyn, NY
Nazareth Early Childhood Center, Birch Family Services, Brooklyn, NY
Bronx Vet Center, Bronx, NY
P.S. 184, New York, NY
International Center for Photography, New York, NY
Residencies
2022
MoMA PS1, Queens, New York
2019
Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement, Queens, New York
Selected Press and Interviews
2026
Kehrer Verlag: Robin Dahlberg: Breaking Point, The Eye of Photography,
(Mar. 30)
Robin Dahlberg's Breaking Point Shows How Law Enforcement Can Push People to Admit to Crimes They Did Not Commit, About Photography (May 7)
2021
The Sexism of Major Law Firms in Photos, Welcome to the Jungle
(Nov. 17)
Robin Dahlberg, Billable Hours: in 6-minute increments, Collector Daily, (Oct. 8)
Billable Hours in 6-minute increments, Conscientious Photography Mag,
(Sept. 6)
The sexism of large law firms portrayed in a daring photo book,
Kobini Arts (June 29)
Robin L. Dahlberg: Billable Hours in 6-minute increments, The Eye of Photograph (June 21)
Daylight Books, Spring 21 Book Launch, Griffin Museum (May 15)
2020
Robin Dahlberg, Shedding Light on Injustices in the United States," FotoNostrum Magazine, Issue 4, June 15
2017
People whose 'time in the work place' is longer than the house, Tabi Labo
(Sept 15)
2016
Billable Hours in 6-Minute Increments by Robin Dahlberg, The Artbo (Sept 13)
Billable Hours: The Life of Office Plankton in Robin Dahlberg's Project, Bird in Flight (Aug 29)
A Day in the Office, iGNANT (Aug 11)
Humorous Photos Capture the Pains of a Stressful Office Life, Fotografia Magazine (July)
Robin Dahlberg @Baxter St/CCNY, Collector Daily Daybook (June 24)
Books
Breaking Point, Kerher Verlag (2026)
Billable Hours in 6-minute increments, Daylight Books (2021), Artist Edition (2016)
Education
Story Center, Digital Storytelling Certificate
University of Hartford, M.F.A.
International Center for Photography, One-Year Certificate Program
New York University School of Law, J.D.
Stanford University, B.A., Sociology