Biography
Born: Jersey, 1973
Richard is an award winning photojournalist who has recently relocated to Perth, Western Australia.
Since gaining a degree in Documentary Photography at UWCN he has been reporting on news and humanitarian issues around the world. He was a senior staff photographer with the Jersey Evening Post for 8 years and continues to work closely with aid agencies on assignment documenting their activities, writing stories and producing multimedia packages.
He has also been filing news pictures for Corbis picture agency out of their Paris office since 2003.
His work has been widely published including Newsweek, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph and The Independent. He also undertakes commissions from PR agencies and corporate clients such as Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Bank, Siemans and Comtrain.
Awards include winning the Association of Photographers Open Award 2009, Honorable Mention International Photography Awards 2009 and selected finalist in The Press Photographers Year 2009/2007, Luis Valtuena 13th Humanitarian Photography Award & Foto8 Summer Show. His work has been exhibited in London, Jersey and Australia.
Richard is available for International assignments.
Awards
2009 / Winner / Association of Photographers Open Award / Mongolia
2009 / Selected Finalist / Luis Valtuena Humanitarian Photography Award / Mongolia
2009 / Selected Finalist / Press Photographers Year / Mongolia
2009 / Honorable Mention / International Photography Awards / Mongolia
2009 / Selected Finalist / Foto8 Summer Show / Mongolia
2009 / Nominee / International Colour Awards / Afghanistan
2007 / Selected Finalist / Press Photographers Year/ Congo
2005 / Selected Finalist / Association of Photographers Document / Afghanistan
2002 / Selected Finalist / Sunday Times Ian Parry Award / Palestine
2001 / Selected Finalist / Sunday times Ian Parry Award / Uganda
Exhibitions
2009 / Association of Photographers Open Award, AOP Gallery, London
2009 / The Press photographers Year, National Theatre, South Bank, London
2009 / Foto8 Summer Show / HOST Gallery, London
2009 / Mongolia, Amnesty International Human Rights Week, Jersey
2008 / Pure Gold? Congo Gold Mining, Oxo Tower, London
2008 / Eastern Chad, Surviving Darfur, Code Red Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2007 / The Press photographers Year, National Theatre, South Bank, London
2007 / Eastern Chad, Amnesty International Human Rights Week, Jersey
2006 / Congo Gold, Amnesty International Human Rights Week, Jersey
2005 / Afghanistan, AOP Document Awards, AOP Gallery, London
2005 / Human Rights, Amnesty International Human Rights Week, Jersey
2002 / Palestine, Sunday Times Ian Parry Awards, Tom Blau Gallery, London
2001 / Uganda, Sunday Times Ian Parry Awards, Tom Blau Gallery, London