Rob Rombout

Photographs

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.

Shown as On the Road in Brussels and Paris (2024), in Lisbon, Kardamili and Kalamata (2025), and as Portraits on the road in Bredevoort (2025–2026).

Portrait of an elderly woman in a patterned silk jacket against a dark wall
Reproduced from PORTRAITS / on the road (Yellow Now, 2024).
Portrait of a man with a curled moustache and a camouflage cap, half in shadow
Reproduced 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 Rombout on the road: the cover photograph of the book.
A long white gallery with large colour portraits and a tall seascape on the walls
On the Road at the Atelier Néerlandais, Paris, November 2024. From Rob’s archive.
The brick tower of the Koppelkerk with a large banner showing a woman’s portrait
The Koppelkerk, Bredevoort, with the banner of Portraits on the road, January 2026. From Rob’s archive.

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

Joost de Vries, foreword to PORTRAITS / on the road, 2024

Shown at

  • 28 September – 18 October 2024
    Exhibition On the Road: photographs, books and a film loop KULT XL Ateliers, Ixelles, Brussels
  • 28 November – 8 December 2024
    Exhibition On the Road Atelier Néerlandais, with the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles and ENS Louis-Lumière, Paris
  • 18 September – 28 October 2025
    Exhibition On the Road Cinemateca Portuguesa, Lisbon Programme ↗
  • 24 September 2025
    Exhibition On the Road: three series of photographs and a film loop Kardamili Artdoc Festival, Kardamili
  • 7 November 2025 – 18 January 2026
    Exhibition Portraits on the road Koppelkerk, Bredevoort
  • 21 – 30 November 2025
    Exhibition On the Road Cultural Center of Kalamata, Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival, Kalamata Programme ↗
PORTRAITS / on the roadYellow Now · 2024 · ISBN 978-2-87340-502-1

Made along the road of Amsterdam Stories USA, On the Track of Robert van Gulik

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