The Royal Photographic Society has awarded him an Honorary Fellowship[2] and its Vic Odden Award,[3] and he was commissioned by the UK parliament Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art as the official 2010 British Election Artist.

Roberts studied a BA Hons in Human Geography at the University of Sheffield (1996).

[5] Between July 2004 and August 2005 Roberts travelled throughout Russia,[6] taking in 65 destinations from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok.

[12] Roberts travelled the country, again in a motor home, using an old plate camera to photograph from the elevated position of its roof.

Roberts has also made other series of work: Polyarnye Nochi (polar nights),[14] Star Chambers (2011),[15] Landscapes of Innocence & Experience (2011), Credit Crunch Lexicon (2011–2012),[citation needed] Let This Be a Sign (2011–2012),[16] Pierdom (2011–2012),[17] The Last Moment (2011–2012) and XXX Olympiad (2012).