Today we’d like to introduce you to Royce Soble.

Royce, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I am an Atlanta Native. I have lived, grown up, and built my life here. I have been making art my entire life.

The desire and passion to create started very early for me.
Art was always a part of my world.

I never was a child that played with dolls. Instead, I preferred to be drawing, doodling or what not.

My love for photography began early as well… Read More


Collection Description

Biographical Note
Royce Soble (1973-) was born in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1998, they received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Georgia State University. They are a photographer, painter, and mixed media artist and has exhibited their work in galleries such as Modern Primitive Gallery, Vaknin Schwartz Gallery, Bluemilk Paradigm Artspace, and Shedspace. Soble has won numerous awards including GA Voice's Best Artist of Atlanta in 2011 and 2012. Read More


A lot went down in gay Atlanta in the ‘90s. At a time when attending Pride and being out were more acts of bravery than matters of fact, Royce Soble was documenting it all with her camera. Now gay-loving Emory announces that Soble’s photos of gay life and the local arts scene in the 1990s will be part of the university's permanent collection. Read More


GA Voice 2014

You’ve most likely seen her at some of the hippest gay and gay-friendly parties and events, shooting photos of DJs and dancers in motion, bright streaks of lights capturing them in the moment. But Royce Soble is also an accomplished painter and will have a solo exhibit at Ponce City Market on Saturday, May 10. Royce, 41, an Atlanta native, is also known for their pouring skills behind the bar at Virginia-Highland hot spot La Tavola, a job that they had since 2000. They also shoots the restaurant’s food photography and portraits. Read More


Peach Magazine Issue V2-37 | Art in Atlanta +The Queer Art Scene +New Gay In Town: End of the Cruise +Art International: Infinity and Beyond... See More Staring at Page 12



Full list of Clients and Publications

The New York Times
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library of Emory University
The Atlanta Journal & Constitution
EldredgeATL.com 
The Baltimore Sun
GA Voice 
AM1690 The Voice of The Arts
Project Q
Fifth Group Restaurants
Coca Cola
Georgia Tech
Bloomingdales
Turner Boone Contract
Asha Gomez's The Third Space
Award Winning Southern Chef & Author Scott Peacock
Jamestown Properties
Chadwick Boyd / L + D Enterprises
LR Design Co.

ATLier Prop + Design Studio
ATLastStudios
Leapley Construction
LEAP in and BUILD
Hiscox Business Insurance
Esquire Magazine
The New Yorker
Creative Loafing Atlanta
Atlanta Magazine
Oxford American Magazine
Art Papers
The Hambidge Center 
Equally Wed Magazine
Fenuxe Magazine
Simply Buckhead Magazine
Deep South ATL
DAVID Magazine
Peach ATL Magazine
Common Creative ATL

Denueve Magazine
Etc Magazine
Southern Voice
BlueMilk Magazine
SP Sunday Paper Atlanta
Daily Candy
The Quick + Dirty Dirty
Cross Channel Initiative
IXL Post Production Company
LowCo Advertising Firm
Bill Kaelin Marketing
Melissa Libby & Associates
Culture Agency
Bailey Davis Law Firm
DeKalb Medical
TruHaven Realtors
ReMax Realtors
Sister Louisa's CHURCH (it's a bar!)
Woody's Famous Cheesesteaks
Grindhouse Burgers + Villains
Atlanta ActiveWear
K Squared Meals
Michael Schulder's WAVEMAKER
Freedom Barkway Atlanta NPR / WABE’s City Lights with Lois Reitzes Emory Hope Clinic


Royce Soble is an amazing artist and photographer that I have worked with for over 10 years. They has an eye for what is hot, but also for what’s not finding a perfect balance between the arts and commerce! I highly recommend.
— BILL KAELIN, Bill Kaelin Marketing + Consulting


TESTIMONIALS

My wife and I are proud owners of 5 pieces of Royce’s paintings, one small piece and four large pieces. Their combinations of color, texture and materials are exquisite and inventive. A good friend of ours from London who is a connoisseur collector of fine art and vintage wines was very taken with one of Royce’s pieces that we own, and he remarked on the talent required, and in evidence, for that piece. Plus, Royce is a fantastic person - generous, smart, creative. We are big fans of theirs and recommend their work to everyone.
— J. WALKER SMITH, Chief Knowledge Officer, Brand & Marketing at Kantar Consulting

I have hired Royce to do promotional portraits and in-the-moment shots for my appearances and books. They are fluid, efficient and fun to work with. They also very flexible and listens to your needs, in the preparation and in the moment. I love working with Royce - they are an extension of my team. I highly recommend Royce.
— CHADWICK BOYD, Food & Lifestyle Expert | TV Host | Executive Brand Strategist | Speaker

Royce has been a great resource to my company. Not only did they provide a magnificent commissioned piece of lobby art for my new commercial furniture showroom, but they updated our staff photos to a new level! I highly recommend them for art or photography!
— LAURA BOONE, Co-Owner of turnerboone. Awarded Forbes Top 25 Small Companies in America

Royce is a superb Abstract Expressionist Artist. I have used their work on a number of movie sets and I am quite certain I will again. They are a very talented artist willing to go the extra mile to bring all the emotion needed to the canvas.
— FRANK GALLINE, Award Winning Set Decorator + Buyer

Royce is an incredible and gifted artist in the Atlanta community. Their passion is evident in their work, and they are equally driven to give back to the community and develop the artistic talent of others. I don’t hesitate in recommending their talented photography and uniquely wonderful artwork.
— JASON SEEGER, Managing Director, Accenture Consulting

I’ve worked with Royce for both professional head shots and food styling photography. Their work is fantastic, exceeded client’s expectations! Royce is also loads of fun while also being extremely professional.
— LYNN SAATHOFF, Restaurant Development

We all have a mental list of those humans we admire. I first met Royce Soble in Atlanta circa late 1990s. I was writing for a local arts publication called bluemilk magazine that also managed a gallery and performance space. When they hung their solo show, “The Red Hat Project,” in 2000, it was standing-room only...not just because their photography was thrilling, personal and fresh, but because Royce is a force of brute joy. I came to admire them that very night. Nearly two decades later, I’ve come to know the artist and their artwork and my admiration has only deepened. That their work was selected in 2014 by MARBL at Emory University to represent the modern history of Atlanta’s LGBT and arts communities affirms what we’ve all known about Royce’s work for years: it’s vital, it’s authentic and it’s one human reflecting the soul of a city and their people. So yes, I’d recommend Royce for anything from a collaborative art project to a blood transfusion. Man oh man, if only I could get a few drops of Sobleplasm in my system....
— JASON TESAURO, Writer | Photojournalist | Sommelier – Author of The Modern Gentleman series

Royce is more than an artist, they are an ahr-teest. They get it. They make people smile. Their work provokes and draws you in, it makes you think and at the same time can be casually enjoyed. It’s my type of work, and Royce is my type of professional...cool, sensible, smart, and nice. Oh, and let the record reflect that they are an amazing photographer too.
— GENE KANSAS, Owner of Constellations - A Civic and Social Shared Space

Royce is a wonderful artist (and person!) with exceptional skills in photography, painting, and more.
Their photos of my wedding are exquisite. They have the ability to catch people in just the right moments, when they look like their true selves. It is so rare to like a photo of oneself but when I look at the pictures of me that Royce has taken, I always love them.
Their abstract paintings are beautiful and interesting and look great on any wall. We have four in our house and I have purchased works for each of my siblings about which they have been thrilled. I cannot recommend Royce highly enough.
— ZAHAVA "ZAVI" BAILEY, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leader | Strategic Planning | Training and Development

Royce is one of the best chroniclers of Atlanta’s LGBT movement — social and political — and I would highly recommend them for any work. As a journalist covering the community, it is very rare not to see Royce at many events using their keen eye to capture the images and mood of a party or protest. Their photographs are always brilliant and they makes it a point to look for dynamic angles that truly tell a story in images. They are a hard worker and passionate about their crafts and would be an asset to anyone they work with.
— DYANA BAGBY, Journalist

Listen, I HATE having my picture taken. But when I needed head shots a few months ago I knew to go straight to Royce. They made me feel so at ease in front of the camera - we got some amazing shots! And best of all the entire experience was a treat.
In addition, Royce is an incredible artist, with a nearly incomparable knack for promotion that never crosses the line into obnoxious. No - that was not a back handed compliment! It can be difficult for creative types to find a balance of producing great art and also being a savvy business person/promoter and Royce has this down like no other. They are a rare talent indeed.
— THREE MERIANS, Progressive Attorney | Licensed in NY & GA

Royce was one of five artists I chose for “We Live Among You”, an exhibit about mental health at Gallery 72. Why? Royce, whom I have known since the 1990s, is an artist devoted to their creative ideas. Never content with one style or medium, they continue to search and explore. A rare quality in the arts, they have a sensitivity to the humanity in other people, exemplified in the portraits. And I trust them. Their work was exactly what was requested for the exhibit – well done and caring of the anonymity of the subjects yet capturing their narratives visually and with their own words.

My husband David and I are honored to also have Royce’s work is in our personal collection.
— SUSAN TODD-RAQUE, curator, photo-historian, writer and co-founder of Atlanta Celebrates Photography and Idea Capital