Robert Stivers came to photography through the world of dance, which he performed professionally until he suffered a serious back injury. Restricted by the types of movements he could do, Stivers decided to choreograph his own pieces, allowing him to explore how his spine moved. Around the same time,  he  started using a camera  to document his performances, often creating movements specifically for the camera. Soon after, Stivers starting filming his dances with a Super-8 camera, transferring the film to video, then photographing the monitor. The result of this elaborate process is a series of images where figures float in total darkness and limbs appear to exist without a body attached. These are soft, unfocused images about memory, birth, longevity, eroticism and the threads that link all people together. 

In his newest work, Stivers continues to examine altered vision through highly saturated Cibachrome prints, creating heightened layers of reality.  A new born baby cries in a field of blue fluid, an outstretched arm and hand moves towards the viewer in a field of metallic green and a group of dogs stand in a crimson field, their silhouettes abstracted by the camera lens. The colors presented are both fantastic and surreal -- a combination of seduction and apprehension. 

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