Background
Martin Roberts was born on November 22, 1950, in Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom.
Derby College of Art
(Welsh actress Rachel Roberts (1927-1980, left) with her f...)
Welsh actress Rachel Roberts (1927-1980, left) with her friend Jill Bennett (1931-1990), circa 1979. The two women are co-starring in the LWT drama 'The Old Crowd', written by Alan Bennett.
filmmaker Photographer teacher
Martin Roberts was born on November 22, 1950, in Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom.
Martin Roberts earned a diploma in creative photography from Derby College of Art (1972).
In 1980-1981 Martin Roberts was on a one-year sabbatical from Derby Lonsdale College; in the 1980s he was serving as a Photography Fellow (sponsored by the Arts Council of Great Britain) at Impressions Gallery in York, England, and at York University. Martin Roberts has been a lecturer at Derby since 1977. He also received major awards from the Arts Council of Great Britain in 1977 and 1975.
Martin Roberts studied at Derby College of Art with John Blakemore.