Rolph Gobits

Rolph Gobits (born September 19, 1947) is a Dutch-born, London-based photographer best known for his portrait, lifestyle, and landscape images.

Born in The Hague, he grew up in Amsterdam. In 1967 he went to England to study photography at the Royal College of Art in London and went on to shoot for magazines as well as for campaigns for the department store BIBA, Benson & Hedges, and the Daily Mail.[1] In the decades since, Gobits has been commissioned by clients all over the world, including Mercedes-Benz, American Express, IBM, the Ritz-Carlton, Hewlett-Packard, Gucci, and Sotheby's, and he has been featured in the advertising journal Lürzer's Archive.[2]

Gobits has exhibited his work widely, and his photographs are in private collections. In the winter of 2009, his work was included in a show at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth.[3]

He is also a co-founder, with Bob Miller and Max Forsythe, of Lensmodern, a U.K.-based boutique stock photography site.[4] Gobits is represented by Stockland Martel.

Awards
  • D&AD design awards Consumer Magazines: Features & Fiction.[5]

References
  1. "Rolph Gobits bio". Lensmodern. www.lensmodern.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  2. "Rolph Gobits Personal Showcase". www.luerzersarchive.us. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  3. "From Here to There Represents Fifty Years of Photography at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth". www.heretotherephoto.com. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  4. "Hot Frog U.K. Companies". www.hotfroguk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-04-20. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  5. "Consumer Magazines: Features & Fiction 1982". D&AD design awards. 1982. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15.


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