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Cervin Robinson
American photographer and author (–)
Cervin Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | ()May 18, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | December 27, () (aged&#;94) |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Years&#;active | – |
Cervin Robinson (May 18, – December 27, ) was an American photographer and author best known for architectural photography and historical writings that span his career, active from to his death.[1]
Early life
Robinson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the younger child of Frank Robinson and Mary Burchill Robinson.[2]
Robinson received an A.B.
in English Literature from Harvard University in and soon after was drafted into the U. S. Army where he gained an abiding interest in map projections and perspective. Impressed early in his life with physics and photography, he continued to photograph in earnest while stationed with the Army in Germany.
Upon return to the U.S., he became the assistant for Walker Evans (–), and traveled through much of