Rob is a photographer working in Ireland, the UK, and beyond. His work examines issues communities face in relation to imperialism, deindustrialisation, and migration, developed through collaborations with writers, sociologists, activists, and charities. He is represented for syndication worldwide by Panos Pictures.

He began his career in Egypt following the fall of the Mubarak government. Based in Cairo, he secured a contract with The Times, and was later based in London from 2013 to 2023.

His work has been published internationally, including in The Guardian, Le Monde, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair. Since 2014, he has been the official photographer for the Palestine Festival of Literature.

He is the recipient of several awards, including two Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Awards, the Times/Canon Young Photographer of the Year, and the Magnum Photos 30 Under 30 Award, and was recently shortlisted for the AIB Portrait Prize.

He has co-authored a number of publications, including Tilbury (2018), Removal: A Short Guide to the United Kingdom’s Immigration Detention Estate (2017), and What Does a Jew Look Like? (2022), a collection of portraits and interviews exploring the diversity of Britain’s Jewish population.

He holds an MA in Documentary Photography & Photojournalism from the London College of Communication, a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Leeds, and a PGCE in Secondary Education from Kingston University.