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Rockbrook Village • 108th & West Center Road • Omaha, NE •
402.390.0890
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| Rob Gilmer
Rob Gilmer is a photographer living in Omaha who also co-owns Dixie Quicks Magnolia Room Restaurant. Originally from Portland ME, he studied at the Maine Photography Workshops. Rob’s photography expands from landscape to social documentary. He has show in many group shows in Nebraska. He was the Curator for the 2004 exhibit Dream House on Rye at the Bemis Underground. He is also curator for the RNG Gallery in Omaha.
Amazingly, he is colorblind. He is quick to explain his own red/green handicap as an opportunity: “The colors I do see are not the hues that you see.” This may explain his past preference for shooting in black and white. However, color adds another dimension to his documentation, interpretation and expression trusting his eye for composition, tone, texture and that moment in front of his lens when everything just seems to click before he does.
Gilmer’s aesthetic is such that he generally eschews the ordinary, especially calendar shots, the picaresque or the generic travelogue. Anyone familiar with Gilmer’s rather stark, monumental black-and-white landscapes with their cool reserve and detachment might be pleasantly surprised by his blown-up Polaroid prints. Regardless of subject, their flatness, grainy texture, blurred focus and commercial-grade palette add a whimsical fantasy touch.
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