A BIT ABOUT ROBERT
A BIT ABOUT ROBERT
Robert lives a stone's throw from his studio - a converted dairy farm - in the heart of the Bourne Valley. His work has taken him nationwide and internationally, including far flung corners of Africa and the US.
In 2026 he was shortlisted for The National Portrait Gallery's Taylor Wessing Prize. It is one of the most prestigious portrait photography awards in the world, drawing over 4000 entries from 55 different countries.
Since as long as he can remember, Robert has been fascinated by people and the relationship they have, both with each other and the world around them. He believes firmly in the celebration difference, while equally exploring the thread that binds us all: the experience of being human.
Above all, however, Robert finds himself in a constant pursuit of truth when photographing his subjects. Anything less is noticed immediately. It is his job to explore the faces of people and the expressions that sit across them, while it is the job of his camera to capture those expressions and find the greater meaning hiding behind them.
A BIT ABOUT ROBERT
Robert lives a stone's throw from his studio - a converted dairy farm - in the heart of the Bourne Valley. His work has taken him nationwide and internationally, including far flung corners of Africa and the US.
In 2026 he was shortlisted for The National Portrait Gallery's Taylor Wessing Prize. It is one of the most prestigious portrait photography awards in the world, drawing over 4000 entries from 55 different countries.
Since as long as he can remember, Robert has been fascinated by people and the relationship they have, both with each other and the world around them. He believes firmly in the celebration difference, while equally exploring the thread that binds us all: the experience of being human.
Above all, however, Robert finds himself in a constant pursuit of truth when photographing his subjects. Anything less is noticed immediately. It is his job to explore the faces of people and the expressions that sit across them, while it is the job of his camera to capture those expressions and find the greater meaning hiding behind them.
"Portraiture rests on a paradox. It is, at its core, nothing more than a single image. A lowly, single image; less than a fraction of a fraction of one second in the grand old scheme of passing time. Yet if it is done well, that image will cause you to consider the person looking back at you. It will make you wonder about the kind of life they might have lived up to that point at which you found them. And as you continue to look at them, you soon realise that no matter who it is that sits in front of you, their reason for being sits there also. All the trials and the tribulations they've experienced along the way, all the joys and all the heartaches. A portrait has the ability to capture the soul of every being and beast that walk this strange and meandering path through the world. It makes us realise that we do not walk this path alone."
Robert de Segundo, The Purpose of Pictures
"Portraiture rests on a paradox. It is, at its core, nothing more than a single image. A lowly, single image; less than a fraction of a fraction of one second in the grand old scheme of passing time. Yet if it is done well, that image will cause you to consider the person looking back at you. It will make you wonder about the kind of life they might have lived up to that point at which you found them. And as you continue to look at them, you soon realise that no matter who it is that sits in front of you, their reason for being sits there also. All the trials and the tribulations they've experienced along the way, all the joys and all the heartaches. A portrait has the ability to capture the soul of every being and beast that walk this strange and meandering path through the world. It makes us realise that we do not walk this path alone."
Robert de Segundo, The Purpose of Pictures
"It's phenomenal. Everybody comments."
Hugo Codrington
"Robert's work is truly mesmerising."
Francesca Field-Johnson