The homepage of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a desktop screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side and a thick green border runs down the right. In the top-left is the site title in a bold Neo-grotesque sans-serif, which sits directly opposite the word 'Info' in the top-right corner. Underneath are two portrait photographs, which are positioned vertically offset from each other, in an asymmetrical grid. Underneath the right-hand image, which is the higher of the two, is the caption 'Tess Davidson'.
The homepage of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a smartphone screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side and a thick green border runs down the right. The word 'Info' in uppercase sits in the top-right corner. Underneath is a photographic portrait of a person with shoulder-length dark hair standing on a beach in either the dawn or dusk. The head is slightly tilted back and they stare intensely at the camera. In the background the intentionally out of focus sea and horizon gently merges to create a rich gradient of colour. Below this is the beginning of a second photograph which is truncated by the crop of an image; the top of a gloomy brick wall is all that's visible.

Behind the lens

Our dearest Robin of Makina Books asked us to design him a welcoming and spacious photographic portfolio for his contemporary portraiture; “arresting and vivid headshots for the stars” we say!

The homepage of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a smartphone screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side and a thick green border runs down the right. The word 'Info' in uppercase sits in the top-right corner. Underneath is a black and white photographic portrait of a person with long, dark wavy hair, staring directly into the camera, with a calm expression on their face, and the slight beginnings of a smile. They wear large, tortoiseshell glasses and a flowery, patterned dress. What look like trees are just about visible in the background.
The homepage of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a desktop screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side and a thick mint green border runs down the right. In the top-right corner is the word 'Info' in uppercase in a bold Neo-grotesque sans-serif. Underneath are four portrait photographs, which are positioned vertically offset from each other, in an asymmetric grid. Underneath the top left-hand image—surrounded by a thick yellow border—is the text 'Eliza Clark', and below the top right-hand image is the text 'Isabel Waidner'. The tops of the other two further asymmetrically positioned images are visible before the crop of the image cuts them off.

Calm white walls

Flanked by radiant pastel borders, an angular cascade of photographs flows gracefully down, while the subtle curving terminals of the otherwise stark neo-grotesque Aileron brings just a hint of warmth to the text.

The homepage of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a desktop screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side, and a thick mint green border runs down the right. In the top-right corner is the word 'Info' in uppercase in a bold Neo-grotesque sans-serif. Underneath are two portrait photographs, which are positioned vertically offset from each other, in an asymmetrical grid. Underneath the right-hand image, which is the higher of the two, is the text 'Bethany Rutter', and below the lower, left-hand image is the text 'Lola Olufemi'. The tops of two further asymmetrically positioned images are visible before the crop of the image cuts them off.
The homepage of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a desktop screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side, and a thick mint green border runs down the right. In the top-right corner is the word 'Info' in uppercase in a bold Neo-grotesque sans-serif. Underneath are two portrait photographs, which are positioned vertically offset from each other, in an asymmetrical grid. Underneath the left-hand image, which is the higher of the two, is the text 'R Clark', and below the lower, right-hand image is the text 'Rory Attwell'.
The homepage of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a desktop screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side, and a thick mint green border runs down the right. In the top-right corner is the word 'Info' in uppercase in a bold Neo-grotesque sans-serif. Underneath are two portrait photographs, which are positioned vertically offset from each other, in an asymmetrical grid. Underneath the left-hand image, which is the higher of the two, is the text 'Alanna McArdle', and below the lower, right-hand image, which also has a rich yellow surround, is the text 'Vankshita Mishra'. The top of a further image is visible below, before the crop of the image cuts it off.
The homepage of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a desktop screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side, and a thick mint green border runs down the right. In the top-right corner is the word 'Info' in uppercase in a bold Neo-grotesque sans-serif. Underneath are the bottom portions of two portrait photographs, which are positioned vertically offset from each other, in an asymmetrical grid. Underneath the left-hand image, which is the higher of the two, is the text 'Patience', and below the lower, right-hand image, is the text 'Lucua Osborne-Crowley'. Continuing the grid below, is another image to the far left, with the text

Frontwards Design created an online portfolio for my portraits that is both joyful and inviting. The result is a crisp space, punctuated with bold colours that allows the images ample room to breathe. The process always felt like a collaboration. My website is a welcoming and warm online space to showcase portraits and one that has bought me a steady stream of freelance work!

Robin Christian
The homepage of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a desktop screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side, and a thick mint green border runs down the right. In the top-right corner is the word 'Info' in uppercase in a bold Neo-grotesque sans-serif. Underneath are two portrait photographs, which are positioned vertically offset from each other, in an asymmetrical grid. Underneath the left-hand image, which is the lower of the two, is the text 'Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal', and below the higher, right-hand image, is the text 'Giorgia Tolfo'.
The homepage of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a desktop screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side, and a thick mint green border runs down the right. In the top-right corner is the word 'Info' in uppercase in a bold Neo-grotesque sans-serif. Underneath are four portrait photographs, which are positioned vertically and horizontally offset from each other, in an asymmetrical grid. Each image is truncated to a lesser or greater extent by the crop of the image. Underneath the top-left image is the text 'Jasleen Kaur', and below the top-right image is the text 'Rebecca Tamas'.
The homepage of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a desktop screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side, and a thick mint green border runs down the right. In the top-right corner is the word 'Info' in uppercase in a bold Neo-grotesque sans-serif. Underneath is the bottom of a photograph with a light grey surround, which is truncated by the crop of the image, which depicts the bottom half of someone's legs. They are wearing green socks and cherry red derby style shoes with black laces. One foot rests on a cream and black patterned rug, whilst the other hangs in mid air. The legs of an office chair and a brown wooden floor is visible in the background. Underneath the image is the word
The Info page of the Robin Silas Christian Photography website, viewed on a portrait smartphone screen. A thick sky blue border runs down the left-hand side, and a thick mint green border runs down the right. In the top-right corner is the word 'Info' in uppercase in a bold Neo-grotesque sans-serif. Underneath are two quotes, the first from Bethany Rutter which reads
A vectorised illustration of a Plaubel Makina W67 camera, made up of simplified yellow outlines upon a sky blue background. A slight drop-shadow behind the camera gives it a slight 3D illusion.
Unable to resist a minor garnish amongst all this minimalism, we created a vectorised version of Robin’s trademark Makina Plaubel W67 camera.