Robert Burley has been photographing the urban environment for over twenty years. His work has been extensively published, exhibited and collected on an international level. Burley's work can been found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, The Art Institute of Chicago and the Musée d'Elysée in Switzerland. He has lectured about his work at Harvard University as part of the Rouse Visiting Artist Program and his photographs are reproduced in numerous books and periodicals.

Burley is currently also Photography Program Director at the Ryerson School of Image Arts. He’s represented by Stephen Bulger Gallery.