Architectural photography, and aerial photography, especially of coastal and river subjects. Bob Perron is based on Long Island Sound in Branford, CT. As a free-lance photographer, he has concentrated on architectural and aerial photography for thirty years.

His architectural portfolio includes academic and institutional work, interiors and exteriors, and thousands of houses, as well as their sites, hard-scape, gardens, and garden structures. Unique architectural craft details are part of many of the interiors.

The portfolio of aerial photographs emphasizes the rivers, wetlands and coastal areas from New England to the large South American coastal deserts of Peru, Brazil, and Venezuela.

They include the Atlantic East and Gulf coasts, especially barrier islands, the national sea-shore, the estuaries, and National Estuarine Research Reserves. South American coastlines as well as the rivers and deltas of Brazil and Venezuela. In Peru, he has photographed the Nazca Lines, the desert around the city of Ica and the Paracas National Reserve.

Inevitably, his photos show the confrontation of coastal geology and development, especially on barrier islands .These pictures have aided The Nature Conservancy, Trust for Public Lands, and local land trusts in sparing important natural areas from development.

A graduate of Dartmouth College with a year of study in Paris, Bob has a BFA and MFA in photography from Yale School of Art and Architecture. He traveled to Switzerland on fellowships from the University of Zurich and Yale.


CREDITS:

Exhibitions:
Connecticut River Museum
Hudson River Museum
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center
Kellogg Environmental Center, Derby, CT.
Mystic Aquarium
Wallace Memorial Library, Stony Creek, CT
Smithsonian’s Ocean Planet
Yale School of Architecture: The Enigmatic Architecture of Paul Rudolph
 
 Magazines:
American Bird, Architectural Record, Audubon, Builder, Colonial Homes, Country Journal, Custom Home, Earth, Garden Design, Geo, Home, Horticulture, House Beautiful, Nature Conservancy (national and CT), Life, Natural History, New York Times, Oceans, Oceanus, Practical Homeowner, Science News, Sierra, and shelter service magazines, especially Hearst Home Group and Woman’s Day.

Books:
Single photographer:
Architectural Detail (a book of installed architectural crafts) with Jim Kemp (Whitney)
City ABC’s, with Mike Deasy (Walker)
A River for the Living -The Hudson and Its People, with Jack Hope (Crown)
Substantial Contributions to:
American Vernacular
Great Adaptations
Nature Crafts
Your Natural Home
The Naturally Elegant House
Ornamental Detail
Time-Life Books (gardening, regional books)
Many titles on decks, landscaping, natural homes
“Lucia’s Little Houses” Knight Associates
Taunton Press
"Decorating Ideas that Work"
"Making Room"
"Fireplaces"
"On the Porch"
Creative Homeowner
“1001 Ideas for Decks”
"Pools and Spas"
Sunset Books
“Sheds and Garages”
“Curb Appeal”