Floral motifs by Robert Peek
Short profile
Robert Peek, a graduate of the Royal College of Art in The Hague, is a well-known Dutch advertising photographer. He began his career in 1984 and has worked for clients such as Yamaha and Coca-Cola, as well as for major advertising agencies. He gained international recognition for his flower photography, which he pursued as a personal project. In the interview, he talks about how he got into photography, how he now grows flowers in his own garden and which cameras he uses.
6 QUESTIONS TO ROBERT PEEK
Can you tell us a bit about how you became a photographer?
My father started taking photographs as a hobby when I was twelve years old and that sparked my interest, soon I started training in photography too.
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Please share something about your images. What is your special interest? How do you choose the colors, composition, themes etc.?
In my daily work I do advertising photography. Flower photography started as personal work.
Photo: Robert Peek
Where does this interest come from?
This probably comes from my general interest in nature and farm life. The thing I love about flowers is the variety of colors and shapes. I try to capture them in different ways.
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How do you get inspired? And what inspires you the most? Films, books, or magazines? Or what surrounds you?
Sometimes in a magazine and nowadays also on social media such as Instagram and Facebook.
I have a flower garden at home and I try out some special varieties there.
Photo: Robert Peek
What was your first camera?
I think it was an analogue canon. Occasionally I still shoot on film and Polaroid. Currently on medium format Fuji.
What else should we know about you?
Robert Peek, Rotterdam, 10-07-1961, Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague.
In 2023, a series of flowers from my personal work were sold to an art agency and these were used in the interior of the Utopia of the Seas, the second largest cruise ship in the world.
