SSA ESSAY PROJECT | Robby Ogilvie

 

 

We are pleased to publish ‘That’s not a Real Camera’ by SSA Member, Robby Ogilvie.

Robby is an Edinburgh-based artist who works with lens-based media. He is interested in the subtle thresholds between inner life and external reality, and in how meaning emerges through attention rather than spectacle. In this essay, Robby focuses on image-making with mobile phones and how it relates to contemporary photographic practices.

Read Robby’s related essay at the link below:

  1. That’s Not A Real Camera 

The SSA essay programme intends to highlight the creative thinking of our members and to provide a platform for expressing and sharing our opinions on Art, Life and the World.

SSA Members are invited to submit essays for consideration by the SSA Essay Steering Group. This Group will look for essays containing original ideas and pertinent comments on the arts and beyond. You might, for example, like to write about your own art practice, the work of other artists you are familiar with, shows you have seen, or your musings on creative and cultural life.

Further information on the essay project can be found HERE>>

Image: Soft Grid, 2026. Part of the series Double Takes. © Robby Ogilvie