Digging Into Ceramics

Robert Hunter is also a widely followed and influential photographer whose images play a central role in his public-facing scholarship, particularly through his active presence on Facebook and Instagram. Using photography as a tool for visual interpretation rather than promotion, he shares carefully observed images of ceramics, archaeological sites, historic places, and everyday objects, pairing them with concise, often provocative reflections that invite dialogue and rethinking. His social media posts function as informal essays—bridging academic insight and public engagement—and have built a large, engaged audience of scholars, collectors, curators, and general readers who value his ability to make material culture immediately legible and socially meaningful. Through this platform, Hunter has helped redefine social media as a serious venue for visual scholarship, extending anthropological ways of seeing into the digital public sphere.