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Henry Roberts writer

Henry Roberts

Henry Roberts is a writer and photographer based in London. He writes about cinema, art and culture. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Little White Lies, Metro and other publications.

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A collage of book covers about major filmmakers, including works on Satyajit Ray, Luis Buñuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, Agnès Varda, Akira Kurosawa and Carl Theodor Dreyer.

The Accidents and Instincts That Brought Six Golden Lion Winners Fame

By Henry Roberts
Carlo Lizzani at the 41th Venice International Film Festival

Post-Chiarini, the Venice Film Festival Nearly Faded into Obscurity. One Man Revived It.

By Henry Roberts
A collage of book covers for California-set novels, including works by John Steinbeck, Amy Tan, Bret Easton Ellis, John Fante, Jack Kerouac, Joan Didion and Tommy Orange.

In Books, the California Promise and a Century of Reinvention

By Henry Roberts
A collage combines angled covers of books set on or associated with the French Riviera, including Akin, Bonjour Tristesse, Tender Is the Night and The Garden of Eden.

How Literature’s Greats Saw the Côte d’Azur

By Henry Roberts
An abstract seascape shows a glowing yellow sky and sun reflected across dark water, with a small sailboat near the right side.

At MICAS, Reggie Burrows Hodges’s Vision of Malta

By Henry Roberts
A sunlit waterfront town with tightly packed pastel buildings, terracotta roofs, a red-and-yellow church tower and a round stone fort sits beneath dramatic clouds beside blue water.

In Saint-Tropez, a Gallery Scene Has Grown Up Alongside the Glamour

By Henry Roberts

For David Hockney, Looking Was Living

By Henry Roberts

Photo London, Like Its Host City, Is Outward-Facing and Ever-Changing

By Henry Roberts

At 88, Joel Meyerowitz Is Still Playing Games

By Henry Roberts
A black-and-white photograph shows a woman in a fluffy hat and heels lying on a bed beside a man in a leopard-print jacket and sunglasses in a hotel room setting.

The Darkness and the Light in Photographer Sante D’Orazio

By Henry Roberts
New York Observer: An image shows two drag performers in elaborate orange costumes and tall headdresses posing underwater among colorful coral and fish, referencing the exhibition’s playful reinterpretation of Darwin and queer marine life.

Don’t Miss: “Darwin in Paradise Camp” at the Whitworth in Manchester

By Henry Roberts
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