As we look to nature to find purpose in the self, we see the cycles, we watch the passing clouds, the tides ebb and flow, ever changing, never ending. A peony flowers around 14 days a year, in reality, the beauty lies in the 351 days, for without them, the peony would not be.
It is in the unseen, not the seen, where true beauty lies.
Perfect imperfection is admired in the natural world, watching without judgement the beauty before us. This is eroded when we look to the self, we try to change, casting aside ‘imperfections’ or a failure. What is failure? Surly ‘failure’ is only so, if we allow.
Using medium and large format film photography, Richard is noted for the unobtrusive manner with which he relaxes his subjects, effortlessly imbuing their faces with serene and unperturbed expressions. For Richard, photography is his doorway to different cultures and traditions, it is a moment captured, a feeling, an emotion, a silent form of communication and a message to be interpreted and appreciated through many generations with no geographical boundaries.
Richard's work has been exhibited in various locations around Europe and Asia, most notably in the National Portrait Gallery, London
