Kew: Kew Magazine: Photographers: Andrew McRobb

Andrew McRobb

Andrew McRobb Andrew took up photography at the age of ten, but his hobby soon turned into a passion. On leaving school, he worked in an industrial and commercial photography studio, capturing a wide range of subjects in the studio and on location, and completed City & Guilds courses. As one of Kew’s in-house photographers for more than 20 years, he has travelled all over the world with botanists on expedition, carrying 20kg of equipment and hundreds of rolls of film through rainforests, up mountains and across deserts. His photographs promote Kew’s work at home and abroad. Andrew has designed and built high-resolution scanning equipment for imaging herbarium material, which will revolutionise botany around the world in years to come.

“These are just a few aspects of my job that have made working for Kew so interesting. But I always get a big buzz when I see my work printed in leaflets, guidebooks, calendars, books and Underground posters promoting Kew’s work.”