Robert Ormerod (born 1985) is a Scottish photographer, [1] based in Edinburgh. [2]
Ormerod was born in 1985 in Scotland. [1] He grew up in Aberdeen. [3] In 2010 he completed an NCTJ press photography course at Norton College in Sheffield and in 2007 gained a BA in journalism from the University of Stirling. [4]
He has done work about pigeon fanciers in Glasgow and Edinburgh who practice "doo fleein'", the "doomen" and "doowomen" who lure another enthusiast's male bird using a female; [5] [6] [7] people in dance halls at community centres in Edinburgh; [3] Scottish independence in the lead up to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum through a reenactment of the Battle of Bannockburn [8] and people he found while travelling along the M8 motorway between Edinburgh and Glasgow; [9] politically engaged young Scots in the period after Scotland decided against independence from the UK in the 2014 referendum and since the 2016 vote in favour of Brexit; [10] and households using their gardens whilst under lockdown in Edinburgh, during the COVID-19 pandemic, photographed from above using an aerial camera. [2]
Ormerod's long-term project about space enthusiasts, Above Us the Day, [11] [12] [13] has involved photographing the mythology around UFO sightings on a road trip from Roswell, New Mexico (sight of the Roswell UFO incident) to Area 51 in Nevada, USA; [14] [15] amateur rocket builders at events in the Highlands of Scotland [16] and Nevada; [17] moonscapes and people who chase the northern lights, made while travelling around Iceland's Ring Road, Route 1; [18] and attendees of Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students. [19]
He lives in Edinburgh. [2]