Eugene richards: in this brief life
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Biography
Born in Boston, Eugene Richards received a B.A. in English from Northeastern University in 1967, and began studying photography with Minor White at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the following year. The two years (1968-70) Richards spent working as a health advocate in Eastern Arkansas through VISTA served as source material for his first book, Few Comforts or Surprises: The Arkansas Delta (1973). Since 1974 he has worked as a freelance photojournalist for such publications as Life, the London Sunday Times, and The New York Times. In 1979, he was invited to become a member of Magnum, a cooperative photo agency founded in 1947 by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, George Rodger and Chim (David Seymour), where he remained until 1995. He rejoined in 2002 for three more years. Richards was an artist-in-residence at ICP in 1978; he founded the Many Voices Press to publish two of his books, Dorchester Days (1978) and 50 Hours (1983). Among his honors are the 1986 Nikon Book Award for Exploding into Life (1986), which he combines his photographs and his wife's
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Richards, Eugene 1944-
PERSONAL: Born April 25, 1944, in Dorchester, MA; married Dorothea Lynch (a reporter; died, 1983); married Janine Altongy (a writer, video editor, and documentary film producer). Education: Northeastern University, B.A., 1967; graduate study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
ADDRESSES: Offıce—Many Voices, 472 13th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215-5207. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Aperture, 20 E. 23rd St., New York, NY 10010.
CAREER: Photojournalist, director, and publisher. Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, instructor of photography, 1974-76; Union College, Schenectady, NY, instructor of photography, 1977; Maine Photo Workshop, Rockport, ME, artist in residence, 1977-78; International Center of Photography, New York, NY, artist in residence, 1978-79; Many Voices, Brooklyn, NY, codirector. Work exhibited in various galleries and museums, including Museum of Modern Art, International Center of Photography, San FranciscoMuseum of Modern Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, and J. B. Speed Art Museum. Work included in various exhibitions, includ
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Eugene Richards
American documentary photographer (born 1944)
For other people named Eugene Richards, see Eugene Richards (disambiguation).
Eugene Richards (born 1944)[1] is an American documentary photographer living in Brooklyn, New York.[2][3][4] He has published many books of photography and has been a member of Magnum Photos[5] and of VII Photo Agency. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts.[1]
Early life and education
Richards was born and grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts.[1]
He received a BA in English from Northeastern University then studied photography at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, supervised by Minor White.[1]
Life and work
During the 1960s, Richards was a civil rights activist and VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) volunteer.[1]
His first book was Few Comforts or Surprises (1973), a depiction of rural poverty in Arkansas. His second book, the self-published Dorchester Days (1978), set in Dorchester, Massachusetts is "an angr
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