Robin Hill Looks At Miami’s Public Art Through A Unique Lens In New Book

The 50 standout works featured in Robin Hill’s new book are from the Miami-Dade Art in Public Places collection, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a pioneering program that transformed the city into a vast outdoor museum. (Book jacket photo courtesy of EXILE Books)

Photographer Robin Hill, a longtime fixture within South Florida’s art and architecture scene, has documented Miami’s iconic public artworks for decades.

“Miami is a different kind of place—suspended in its own time and space bubble—where anything feels possible,” said Hill. “It is a city where reinvention is the norm and the rules are yours to write. Nowhere is this freedom of expression more evident than in Miami’s remarkable and eclectic collection of public art, which has flourished over the last 50 years.”

Designed and published by the Miami-based nonprofit EXILE Projects, 50 standout public artworks across Miami-Dade County are featured in Hill’s latest book “That’s the Way I See It: Miami’s Public Art Through a Unique Lens,” which the author describes as a vibrant visual love letter to Miami’s expanding public art scene.

Hill will be hosting a book signing and discussion on Thursday, Nov. 6 at the Art Deco Museum, hosted by the Miami Design Preservation League.

With “That’s The Way I See It,” the photographer reimagines the artworks in 240 pages of full-color images, using a technique known as Intentional Camera Movement (ICM), which blends the vibrant colors and dynamic forms of Miami’s public art with the city’s kinetic energy.

Photographer Robin Hill and collector Cricket Taplin. Hill will host a book signing of “That’s the Way I See It: Miami’s Public Art Through A Unique Lens” Thursday in Miami Beach. (Photo courtesy of Cricket Taplin)

The hardcover edition is limited to a first edition of 500 copies.

“Miami’s public art has turned the city into an outdoor museum that attracts millions of locals and tourists in its own right, and honoring this legacy through ‘That’s the Way I See It’ has been one of the true joys of my life.”

Hill said that the book helps to interpret the city’s artwork and its personality.

The 50 standout works are from the Miami-Dade Art in Public Places collection, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a pioneering program that transformed the city into a vast outdoor museum.

WHAT: Book release and signing of Robin Hill’s “That’s The Way I See It: Miami’s Public Art Through a Unique Lens”

WHERE:  Art Deco Museum, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach

WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 6, 6 p.m., doors open, book release and signing at 7 p.m.

COST: Free

INFORMATION: mdpl.org/event/miamis-public-art-from-robin-hill/and  www.robinhill.net

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