Seascape nominee

I had been taking photographs before dawn for 6 months at my favorite beach. One morning there were a series of storms out to sea. It was then that I saw an old ship sailing north on the horizon. I waited for 10 minutes for the ship to be perfectly framed in the photograph. I took the shot and knew I had captured something special. Shot with my favorite Lumix camera.

Born in Sydney, Australia, Richard’s artistic endeavour began as a black and white fine art photographer. Over a period spanning 50 years, Richard has produced numerous photographic exhibits, working with various mediums, including Polaroid, 35mm to large-format film, Wet plate, and Digital formats, accompanied by fine art hand printing. His subject matter ranges from simplistic ‘zenlike’ landscapes, dreamy gardenscapes, to intimate portraiture work. All his (10″ x 10″) prints are delicately processed on Japanese Ragmount paper.

Richard won numerous awards for his portrait of ‘Savitri’, a blind albino girl in India. Winner of the Olive Cotton Award, Ist Prize in the 2024 International Monochrome Awards and more recently 3rd Place in the 2025 International ND Awards. Richard has also won numerous awards for his landscape photographs, most recently an Honorable Mention Award in the 2024 International Monochrome Awards.

For Richard, photography is like ‘finding and collecting jewels’. He invents projects and themes that allow him to explore ideas and moments freely.

Richard diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and Asperger’s syndrome, both shape his perception of the world. At times chaotic, at times melancholic, his photographs in particular, seem to convey a magical sense of calm.