Richard graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Photography from the Edinburgh College of Art in 1999, and gained an MA with distinction from the University of Brighton in 2016.
Clients include:
Emirates Airlines, Sony, Zeiss, Land Rover, Mercedes Benz, Saatchi (M & C Saatchi), BBDO Advertising, Belvedere Vodka, Timberland, Forbes Magazine, Diageo, Rolls Royce, The Guardian, Wine Spectator, Marks & Spencer and American Express.
Awards and commissions include:
2021 Wellcome Photography Prize, shortlisted for Louise, March 2020
2020 Tokyo International Photography Awards, Gold and Silver medals for Louise, March 2020
2020 The International Photography Awards, Four honourable mentions for Here For You and Louise, March 2020
2020 Moscow International Photography Awards, Silver medal for Here For You
2019 Minimalist Photography Awards, Honorable mention for Six Degrees of Freedom
2016 Photoworks Award Winner for Six Degrees of Freedom
2016 Exhibitor in The International Festival of Photography, Shanxi Province, China
2015 The International Photography Awards, Honourable Mention for Form & Void
2015 The PX3 Photography Awards, Honourable mention for Form & Void
2014 The PX3 Photography Awards, Honourable mentions for Nothing Happens and Pulchritudo Vulgaris (The Beauty of the Ordinary)
2013 The International Photography Awards, Fine Art category finalist for Nothing Happens and three honorable mentions for 99 Woolworths
2012 The International Photography Awards, Two honorable mentions for portraiture
2011 International Photography Awards, Honourable mention for Death in the Afternoon
2008 London International Creative Competition, Shortlisted for Studio II
2011 Renaissance Photography Competition, Sponsor’s Prize
2011 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Exchange, Selected winner
2007 The National Portrait Gallery Photographic Prize, Finalist
2007 A National Portrait Gallery commissioned portrait of Sir David Attenborough
2006 First place in The National Portrait Gallery Photographic Prize
2004 First place in The Audi/Next Level International Award for Contemporary photography
