Rob Rombout
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PORTRAITS / on the road

2015– · Brussels · Lisbon · Paris · Bredevoort

People met on the road, photographed where they live and work, in natural light, after the pose has gone.

“He waits until a pose disappears, until your jaw relaxes.”

Joost de Vries, foreword to PORTRAITS / on the road, 2024
Portrait of an elderly woman in a patterned silk jacket against a dark wall
From PORTRAITS / on the road, Yellow Now, 2024.
Portrait of a man with a curled moustache and a camouflage cap, half in shadow
From PORTRAITS / on the road, Yellow Now, 2024.
Rob Rombout standing on a gravel road with a camera, hay bales and snowy mountains behind him
Rob on the road. The cover photograph of the book.

Exhibitions

  • 29 November 2024 – 8 December 2024
    Exhibition On the Road Atelier Néerlandais, with the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris Photography →
  • 18 September 2025 – 28 October 2025
    Exhibition On the Road Cinemateca Portuguesa, Lisbon Photography →
  • 7 November 2025 – 18 January 2026
    Exhibition Portraits on the Road Koppelkerk, Bredevoort Photography →

Book

PORTRAITS / on the roadYellow Now, Côté photo · 2024 · ISBN 978-2-87340-502-1

Made during

Amsterdam Stories USAOn the Track of Robert van Gulik

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Rob can attend the opening, screen the films the portraits come from, and give a portrait masterclass.

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Shown in
Paris 2024 · Lisbon 2025 · Bredevoort 2025–26
Options
Opening with Rob · film programme · portrait masterclass
Prints
Sizes, editions and loan conditions on request

Other series

On the Road – in Bredevoort2025–2026Amsterdam Stories201635 Years on the Move1983–2018Being [Not] There2018