For over 50 years, photography has been his medium of artistic exploration, shaped by a careerthat spans decades . While he began as a fashion photographer, the work he shares todayrepresents a deeply personal evolution—images created outside of his commercial work pursuinghis love of photography in of itself in its simplest form possible. His photographs, predominantlyblack-and-white, reflect a lifelong engagement with the unpredictable and transformative natureof the medium using all the tools of the day to not follow the rules but rather intentionallybreaking them to create a recognisable style that runs through his work from the 70’s till now.In the early years of his career, he worked exclusively with film of course and the choice of filmand the way he’s processed and printed the print was tantamount to the unique style of his tonalranges as well as the use of focus, grain and contrast to achieve the style he carries forward tilltoday. His work is not about recording reality but about creating an aesthetic experience using hissubjects as another element in his process.Rob is one of the few photographers that still hand prints all of his own prints in his 7000 squarefoot studio which he has had for over 38 years and is a testament to his love of “touching” everyprint from start to finish because every step is an opportunity to express his work in a unique waymaking his prints unique as well.In addition to my work as a photographer, he has been deeply committed to fostering creativityand innovation in others as a founder and of several major art institutions in the United States,including Portfolio Center and Creative Circus. These schools have been platforms for cultivatingthe next generation of artists and creative thinkers, which remains a vital part of his legacy havinggraduated over 6000 creatives in the fields of Art Direction, Copywriting, Illustration and GraphicDesign and of course PhotographyTo sum up his visceral approach these are the words he wrote for his artist statement of his lastretrospective solo show Fifty Years Of One Eye Shut. I hold my breath so not to cause my camera to shake.I close my left eye asI place the camera to myright eye.I contort my body to stabilize the camera.I capture an image with desperate knowledgethat everything in my viewfinder can change in a 30th of a second like life itself.It’s my eye that Itrust.Click.