Life through a lens: robert eaton's most iconic images
Published
25th Apr 2020
by akesha
HJ’s British Hairdresser of the Year, sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional and this month’s guest editor, Robert Eaton shares his seven all-time favourite images with us...
Colour ID
“I love the mix of textures in this image and feel it demonstrates my passion for colour. It was one of the most iconic images from my winning British Hairdressing Awards Colour Technician of the Year collection, Colour ID.”Simplicity and Strength
“This is from a collection I shot for the British Hairdressing Awards, sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional. It went on to get several front covers and I love the simplicity and strength of the image.”
Powerful and Strong
“This is from my winning Afro Hairdresser of the Year collection, which is called Empower. I love working with texture and using it to create lots of shapes and silhouettes.”
Technical Skill
“I love this image as it represents the technical work and skill required to lighten such a dark natural base, yet it is still toned with such a delicate and soft tone.”
Natural Beauty
“I am always drawn towards natural soft, beautiful and touchable hair and this epitomises everything about what natural waves should be. It was created for my first campaign with Hot Tools and it was shot by Jack Eames.”
Style and Expertise
“This is an image of our salon’s winning L’Oréal Colour Trophy model in 2011. I art directed our Leeds team to create this look and I feel it represents everything our brand stands for – style, beauty and expertise.”
Celestial
“I created this hair for a show at the Wella TrendVision Awards last year. The show was called Celestial. I loved the imagery from the show as the production was so strong and it really enabled us to create beautiful editorial inspired looks.”
All-time Favourites
“I have to include one of my winning images from my British Hairdresser of the Year collection. I was so proud to win British Hairdresser of the Year at HJ’s British Hairdressing Awards, sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional. It is an incredible achievement and one that will always be so memorable. I love each of these images but the images from this collection are my favourites.”