John V Robinson

John V. Robinson is an award-winning photographer and writer who is the author of eight previous books including Spanning the Strait: Building the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge (2004), Bridging the Tacoma Narrows (2007), Bay Area Iron Master Al Zampa: A Life Building Bridges (2015), and Carquinez Bridge 1927-2007 (2017). He holds degrees from UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Among his awards and fellowships are a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship in the Field of Folklore and Popular...See more

John V. Robinson is an award-winning photographer and writer who is the author of eight previous books including Spanning the Strait: Building the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge (2004), Bridging the Tacoma Narrows (2007), Bay Area Iron Master Al Zampa: A Life Building Bridges (2015), and Carquinez Bridge 1927-2007 (2017). He holds degrees from UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Among his awards and fellowships are a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship in the Field of Folklore and Popular Culture and a 2007 California Council for the Humanities recipient for his documentary photography. Robinson currently is a lecturer in English at California State University, East Bay, and Las Positas College in Livermore, California. See less