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Rob Whitworth (born 27 May 1982) is a British photographer and urban film maker, based in
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
, with
flow motion based works throughout Asia.
His works are mainly based on
time-lapse
Time-lapse photography is a technique in which the frequency at which film frames are captured (the frame rate) is much lower than the frequency used to view the sequence. When played at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus ...
, and they have received nine million online views and multiple awards.
Career
After completing his education with a degree in Photography from
Norwich School of Art & Design
Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) is a public university in Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom that specialises in art, design and media. It was founded as Norwich School of Design in 1845 and has a long history of arts education. It gained fu ...
, United Kingdom,
Whitworth turned to the field of mixed photography and videography resulting in millions of online views and staff picks from websites like
Vimeo
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,
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and
Mashable
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History
Mashable was founded by Pete Cashmore while living in Aberdeen, Scotland, in July 2005. Early iterations of the site were a ...
, among others.
The university now lists Whitworth in its notable alumni list.
His efforts in the film making side resulted in Best Experimental Film at the
Tiburon International Film Festival Tiburon (Spanish ''Tiburón'', "shark") may refer to:
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* Tiburon, California
* Tiburón Golf Club Naples, Florida
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, 2012, and the Jury's Choice Award at the 5th Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Fest, 2012,
being added to his list of awards.
Rob Whitworth has been cited for his
hyperlapse
Hyperlapse or moving time-lapse (also stop-motion time-lapse, walklapse, spacelapse) is a technique in time-lapse photography for creating motion shots. In its simplest form, a hyperlapse is achieved by moving the camera a short distance betwee ...
and
time-lapse photography
Time-lapse photography is a technique in which the frequency at which film frames are captured (the frame rate) is much lower than the frequency used to view the sequence. When played at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus ...
and short videos of Asian cities such as Dubai,
Istanbul, Shanghai, Pyongyang,
Ho Chi Minh
(: ; born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), commonly known as ('Uncle Hồ'), also known as ('President Hồ'), (' Old father of the people') and by other aliases, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as Prime ...
and Kuala Lumpur free flow traffic.
''This is Shanghai'' and ''Once Upon a Time in Cappadocia'' are among his films that received significant
media coverage
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.
Reportedly, he captures fast-paced flow motion videos with high-powered telephoto lenses and other filming techniques to attribute a unique aspect to his photography and film making.
In 2016, Whitworth's flow motion video of
Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC; ar, مركز محمد بن راشد للفضاء, markaz Muḥammad bin Rāshid lil-faḍāʾ), is a Dubai government organisation working on the UAE space programme, which includes various space s ...
was described by Timeout Dubai as "awe-inspiring". In the same year, he had a key role in the filming of the ''
Planet Earth II
''Planet Earth II'' is a 2016 British nature documentary series produced by the BBC as a sequel to ''Planet Earth'', which was broadcast in 2006. The series is presented and narrated by Sir David Attenborough with the main theme music composed ...
'' episode "Cities" in which the documentary depicts the world's noteworthy cities from Whitworth's camera. This episode of the documentary was awarded the Best Photography (Factual) award at the
2017 British Academy Television Craft Awards and was nominated for
Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming at the
69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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. In 2018 he created the title sequence for
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UK World Cup coverage.