Intimate Moments with Rob Tennent

"As I grow older, I stray further away from binaries and labels. My taste and sexual attraction widen year by year, and I find beauty in so many different types of people." I’m a film photographer and creative director living and working on Gadigal Land, Sydney. I was born in Cambodia, where I lived for seven years before moving to St Lucia, Papua New Guinea. When I was 13 my family settled in New Zealand. I went to an all-boys boarding school, then studied fashion design in Auckland. As I got deeper into the course, I realised I loved making the images more than the clothes, which led me to take up photography full time. I learnt how to use a film camera in lockdown, and I guess it just picked up from there. I like hiking, swimming and anything to do by the ocean. Jumping off cliffs into the water, rock climbing, reading. I like to challenge myself mentally and physically so hiking and outdoor activities are my go-to. To my memory, I learned about sex through older friends in primary school. They would talk about it, I would ask questions, and they would tell me. When I was younger, I was very rigid when it came to my sexuality. I thought I could only be into a certain kind of man. When I left high school, I realised I was drawn to so many different types of p... "As I grow older, I stray further away from binaries and labels. My taste and sexual attraction widen year by year, and I find beauty in so many different types of people." I’m a film photographer and creative director living and working on Gadigal Land, Sydney. I was born in Cambodia, where I lived for seven years before moving to St Lucia, Papua New Guinea. When I was 13 my family settled in New Zealand. I went to an all-boys board...