Robin Sellick grew up in Broken Hill in outback New South Wales, Australia. In the early 1990s he won most of Australia’s major photographic awards, also receiving a Young Achiever Award for the Arts and a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Grant, with which he travelled to New York and subsequently worked as an assistant to many of the leading photographers of that period, including Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger and Mary Ellen Mark. In 1994 he returned to Sydney, readily finding work with major publications including Vogue and Australian Style. His creative use of light came to be seen as a trademark feature of his work and his style became more influential as Australia's magazine market became more sophisticated. He was instrumental in developing a distinctive style of photography for Who Weekly as it transformed into a glossy, full-colour magazine and was the first photographer to be commissioned to shoot in Australia for Marie Claire. His reputation as an innovator continued into the mid 2000s with the release of his first book, Facing, published by Hardie Grant. A collection of 10 years of celebrity portraiture, it was the first book of its kind by an Australian photographer and launched at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. The associated exhibition toured Australian art galleries for three years. His portraits have been exhibited internationally including at the National Portrait Gallery in Copenhagen and have appeared on the covers of magazines such as Q, NME and German Rolling Stone. Subjects range from Cate Blanchett and Steve Irwin to Kylie Minogue and Radiohead. Commercial clients include HSBC, Rolex, Santos and BHP. The National Portrait Gallery of Australia currently has 17 of his portraits in their permanent collection. His work is also in the collections of the National Library of Australia, the State Library of South Australia, and numerous private collections. He believes Australian portrait photography has an important role to play in defining national identity and over the course of his career has endeavoured to craft a style of photography that is intrinsically Australian. His second book, Life & Times in the Republic of Broken Hill, explored this idea further, combining portraiture with anecdotes and an unearthing essay to create a contemporary portrait of the historic mining town. Robin continues to live in the outback town of his birth and travels when required for commissions and commercial projects.