Normand Robert Photography

Normand Robert's love affair with capturing edgy, intense and emotional portraits began in a darkened cinema as a child. Sergio Leone's 'A Fistful of Dollars' flickered on what was then to Normand, a forbidding screen. However, it was a magnificent close up of Clint Eastwood's grizzled face, a cigar clamped between his teeth, that sealed the deal. His interest in replicating the emotion and the haunted looks he saw that day quickly turned from interest to obsession and at last to a searing passion; one that burns brightly to this day. To Normand, the object and subject reflect each other's personality and can evoke a response that goes far beyond conventional logic or reason. Which remains one of the many reasons why his work isn't only meant to be seen, but experienced.