Professional Photographer in Reunion Island - About/Bio

About the Photographer

I'm Mick Boby Robert, a photographer based in Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. My connection to photography runs deep — it's something I was quite literally born into.

A Legacy in Photography

My father was a devoted photographer, the kind who built his own darkroom at home to develop his prints. He shot on iconic cameras, including a Hasselblad SWC — a legendary medium-format camera prized for its Biogon lens and unmatched sharpness. When I was born, he set aside the darkroom, but the cameras stayed. I grew up surrounded by these beautiful machines and the images they produced.

That heritage shaped my eye long before I ever picked up a camera myself. The craft of analogue photography — the patience, the precision, the reverence for light — is embedded in how I work today.

From Sydney to Reunion Island

I picked up photography seriously in 2020, when I was living in Sydney, Australia. I bought a Nikon D750 and started shooting the dramatic coastline of New South Wales — the headlands, the ocean pools, the light that only the Southern Hemisphere delivers.

Since then, I've transitioned to the Nikon Z system, continuing a family tradition with the Nikon brand that stretches back to my father's Nikon F2. From the F2 through every generation to the mirrorless Z mount — Nikon has been the constant thread.

The Work

Today, I specialise in fine art landscape and nature photography, with a focus on the volcanic terrain, coastlines, and tropical light of Reunion Island. My images are available as museum-quality prints on Dibond aluminium, acrylic glass, and ArtBox frames, produced by WhiteWall — one of Europe's leading fine art print laboratories.

Every print uses Fuji Crystal Archive paper and Durst Lambda laser exposure for exceptional colour accuracy and archival longevity. These are not posters — they are investment-grade artworks built to last decades.

What's Next

My goal is to acquire the Hasselblad CFV 100C digital back and mount it on my father's original SWC body — bridging 50 years of photographic history with 100-megapixel digital precision. The same lens, the same body, a new era.

If you'd like to learn more or discuss a project, feel free to get in touch.