About robert
Robert is a fine art photographer working in natural light. He loves to wander the Cape Cod shores looking for beautiful light. He works out of his 1200 square foot studio in Pocasset, which is the most important place on earth to him. He facilitates the development and exposure of other fine art photographers through his publishing venture, Robert Manz Studio. You can see the work of those great artists, and some more of his, at www.robertmanzstudio.com.
Robert was raised in Pennsylvania, attended Archmere Academy, Harvard College, University of Michigan, Harvard University and Northeastern University.
He has an AB in History, an MA in History and an MS in Public Accounting.
He received his photography training as a photojournalist for the Harvard Crimson.
Robert has studied Medieval European History at the graduate level, audited Fortune 500 companies with Coopers and Lybrand, advised high tech companies on the commercialization of their technology as a partner in Helmer & Associates, linked multinational companies with the research activities of the Technical University of Budapest as Managing Director of Technos Hungary, Kft. and helped Hungarian game and software developers get contracts with European and American partners. He has also served the international science community as the Treasurer of the Marine Biological Laboratory.
He has lived in the Philippines, Iran, Hungary, and Ireland…. wishes he could have stayed more in Tuscany. He is a born citizen of the United States and a born out of country citizen of the Republic of Ireland, and thereby a citizen of the European Union.
Robert has been coming to Cape Cod all his life because of his grandparents’ house in Gray Gables and his first wife’s connection to Naushon Island. In 2000 Robert moved to Cape Cod and began practicing his photography as a full time professional artist. His work has appeared on multiple covers of Cape Cod Life Magazine, and he has received various awards in artistic competitions.
More important than awards, he knows what he is trying to do as an artist, which is, through images, to share the fantasy and fantasies of being alive.
Some of Robert's artistic accomplishments are listed below.
2022
this one is in process, but, having recently become aware of his connection to the assassination of President Kennedy, in as much as he was married to a first cousin of Michael Paine, Robert is in the process of digesting as much evidence and commentary on that awful event and channeling it into a screenplay concerning the assassination. Stay tuned.
2018
established Robert Manz Studio as a publisher focused on “fine art photography with a sense of place”. This publishes Robert’s work and that of other New England fine art photographers as calendars, note cards and prints.
2012
“Grace”, solo show at Cataumet Arts Center, October
2010
“Sunset at Monk’s Cove”, solo show at Bourne Public Library, March 30 - April 23
2009
“Pieces: the Photography of Robert Manz”, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, May 19 - June 21; with
talk on June 4 - “Photography as an Art Form: thoughts on Photography’s evolving place in the Visual Arts and its validity as a non-document”. For a catalog of this show please click here.
Falmouth Artists Guild, Juried Photography Show, First Prize - Best Special Technique
2008
Photography Portfolio featured in Cape Cod Life Magazine, December issue
“Beach Day at Chapoquoit”, individual show at Cataumet Arts Center, July
West Falmouth Library, artist of the month, June
Falmouth Artists Guild, Juried Photography Show
2007
"When We Were Younger":
Invited to participate in show sponsored by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod featuring 40 “Preeminent Cape Cod Artists” at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, January, 2007.
2006
Falmouth Artists Guild, Fall Juried Show: all media
Falmouth Artists Guild, Juried Photography Show
Falmouth Artists Guild, From Abstract to Expressionism
Cataumet Arts Center, Faculty Show
Cape Cod Art Association, July Members Show
Cape Cod Art Association, August Members Show
2005
Falmouth Artists Guild, Fall Juried Show: all media
"Crossing Via Torta": two person show at Vagabond Gallery, Canandaigua, New York
August 12 - September 5
Cape Cod Art Association Members' Show
Award: Second Prize Photography
Falmouth Artists' Guild juried photography show.
Award: Best Color
2004
"Bellosguardo": one person show at Maser Gallery, Falmouth
Cape Cod Art Association juried Open Show
Chester County Art Association 20th Annual Invitational Show
"Sunset at Monk's Cove": one person show at Cataumet Arts Center
Chester County Art Association juried all media show.
Falmouth Artists' Guild juried photography show.
2003
Hungarian Museum of Photography, Invitational Show, "Taken in Hungary".
Falmouth Artists' Guild juried photography show.
Award: Best Creative Study
Cape Cod Photography Club juried photography show.
Award: 2 Honorable Mentions
2002
Chester County Art Association 18th Annual Invitational Show
Publications
Cape Cod Magazine, Fall portfolio, October/November 2013
Cape Cod Life Magazine, cover, October, 2013
Cape Cod Life Magazine, portfolio, April 2012 issue
Cape Cod Life Magazine, cover, September 2010 issue
Cape Cod Life Magazine, cover, April 2010 issue
Coalition for Buzzards Bay, cover, Annual Report, 2011
Coalition for Buzzards Bay, cover and inside cover, Annual Report, 2009
Photography Portfolio “4 Beaches” featured in Cape Cod Life Magazine, July 2009 issue
View of Red Brook Harbor from Patuisset, Pocasset -- “Grand View” - featured on the cover
of Cape Cod Life Magazine, July 2009 issue
Cape Cod Life Magazine, portfolio, December 2008 issue
Corporate Installations
The Coalition for Buzzards Bay, New Bedford
The Villages at Brookside, Bourne
Security Federal Savings, Falmouth
Children's Hospital, Boston
Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis
Corporate Advertising
Coalition for Buzzards Bay
Cape Cod Bank and Trust
BankNorth