Robert Harding Pittman grew up in Boston and Hamburg, the son of a German mother and American father. After taking his undergraduate and graduate degrees in environmental engineering, an area of concern that continues to inform his work, he received an M.F.A. in Photography and Film/Video at the California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts). His main interest is how different cultures interact with the environment and how they manage "development".
Recently he was on an Avery Grant photographing the world of the Chinese Railroad. Currently he is living in Spain, where he is at work on "Concrete Coast", a photography and documentary film project about the impact of tourism on the culture and environment of Mediterranean Spain.
Recently he was on an Avery Grant photographing the world of the Chinese Railroad. Currently he is living in Spain, where he is at work on "Concrete Coast", a photography and documentary film project about the impact of tourism on the culture and environment of Mediterranean Spain.