Two years ago Robert Gill left New York City in search of what he calls the most important, yet vague, goal of his life: to become a socially-relevant artist. Although Gill had considered himself somewhat successful for a young photographer, he felt like he had something more relevant and more important to say; and he knew that the commercial world he was stuck in would never give him the platform to do so either.

By twenty-three, Gill had already been exploited as a photojournalist in the Philippines for a missionary organization, he had shot a product catalog for Urban Outfitters, and had been deemed the Rookie Photographer of the Year in the National Horseshow Circuit. It was at this point he realized that none of his efforts did anything but make other people money and numb his creative soul.

Robert Gill left NYC to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design, and there he regained creative momentum through taking photo history classes. Somewhere between the tender touch of André Kertész, and the straight photography of Walker Evans, Gill found a shooting style he was able to make his own.