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FEATURE 8 WHAT'S UP! JUNE 23-29, 2019 BECCA MARTIN-BROWN NWA Democrat-Gazette T he traditional mediums used by an artist don't really change. Oil paint is oil paint, acrylics are acrylics, clay is clay, and stone is stone, whether you're working in the 16th century or the 21st. That's not so true for Edward Robison, whose work is on show this summer at the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. Robison is a photographer, but what that means has changed dramatically since he studied at the University of Kansas and the Kansas City Art Institute 20 years ago. Asked where he sees his work over the long run, he pauses. "It's so hard to say." "If you would have asked me this question 25 years ago, I would have said I'd still be capturing images on 4x5 film and printing in the darkroom. About 15 years ago, I would have said definitely not digital! "Ten years ago, augmented reality wasn't even on my radar; the first iPhone was just coming out, and no one took the potential of its camera seriously. Five years ago, my first augmented reality experience was coming out, and I had no idea that 3D modeling and game development would become a major component of my image making process. "If I had to guess," he continues, "I'm going to have to say that I'm going to either go in some direction that hasn't even been conceived of, or created yet, or completely back the other direction to something as simple as traditional black and white photography." Growing up on 70 acres outside Warrensburg, in west-central Missouri, Robison's passion for nature photography started with a passion for nature. "During my youth, I spent a good portion of my free time hunting, fishing and exploring the creek and woods surrounding my home," he remembers. "Hunting and fishing were also [among] my father's favorite hobbies, and every year we would travel to Kansas to hunt or the Ozarks to fish." Art and photography came into the picture hand in hand. "In high school I took a couple of photography classes and fell in love with cameras and the process of photography," Robison says. "During that time, I was also doing quite a bit of photo-realism style oil paintings. By the time I was ready to graduate from high school, I had decided I wanted to pursue my interests in photography." Photographer Edward Robison goes beyond reality FAQ Edward Robison III: 'The Nature of Photography From Traditional to Augmented Reality' WHEN — 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday, through Sept. 1 WHERE — Fort Smith Regional Art Museum COST — Free INFO — 784-2787, fsram.org