Dates

• Existence: 1929-07-15

Biography

Ines Labunski Roberts was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland), was educated in Germany and England, and has been passionately involved in photography since moving from Scotland to California. After relocating to Santa Barbara in 1966 with her husband and children, Roberts developed rapidly as a self-taught nature photographer. Her images have been published as feature articles in London, Holland, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. Mastering the difficult and demanding technique of Cibachrome photographic printing, she went on to exhibit these prints in many one-woman shows, both in the United States and abroad.

Roberts, an internationally recognized Santa Barbara photographer, is a pioneer in the creation of slideshows with musical scores. Since 1972, when her husband, Gilbert Roberts, designed a fuse and dissolve unit for her, she has produced over thirty-five slide/music programs. Now entirely digital, most of her current shows have premiered at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. She is a member of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain and a member of the London Salon of Photography. She is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations, and is a much-published author/photographer.

In 2012, Roberts shared with the Ojai Photography Club, two digital slide shows set to music: “Bodie, A California Ghost-Town” and “Fantastic Journey.” The “Bodie” presentation explored a gold-mining ghost town from the 1800s. “Fantastic Journey” deals with the magnificent and dramatic expanses of our country.

In 2015, Roberts presented a slide/music show at the Ojai Photography Club titled “Our Values,” contrasting the beauty of nature with the environmental damage caused by our neglect of the earth. The deep love of nature that pervades all of Roberts’ work is at the heart of this presentation. The music she has chosen for her images is by Gustav Mahler, who was inspired by the sounds of the natural world.

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