Eugene Richards
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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 angry, bitter book", both political and personal.[6] Gerry Badger writes that "[Richards's] involvement with the people he is photographing is total, and he is one of the best of photojournalists in getting that across, often helped by his own prose".[6]
Richards founded Many Voices Press to publish his books, beginning with Dorchester Days.[5] He was invited to join Magnum Photos in 1978, where he remained until 1995, then rejoined in 2002 for three more years.[1][5] He joined VII Photo Agency in 2006.[7] He lives in Brooklyn, New York.[2]
Publications
- Few Comforts or Surprises: The Arkansas Delta. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1973. Template:ISBN.
- Dorchester Days.
- Wollaston, MA: self-published / Many Voices, 1978.
- Second edition, revised and expanded. London: Phaidon, 2000. Template:ISBN. With an introduction by Dorothea Lynch and an afterword by Richards.
- 50 Hours. New York: Many Voices, 1983. Template:ISBN. With Dorothea Lynch.
- Exploding into Life. New York: Aperture in association with Many Voices, 1986. Template:ISBN. With Dorothea Lynch.
- Below the Line: Living Poor in America. Mount Vernon, NY: Consumers Union, 1987. Template:ISBN (paperback); Template:ISBN (hardback). Text ed. Christiane Bird, story researched by Janine Altongy.
- The Knife and Gun Club: Scenes from an Emergency Room. New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1989. Template:ISBN. 2nd ed. 1995.
- With Edward Barnes. Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue. New York: Aperture, 1994. Template:ISBN (hardback), Template:ISBN (paperback). New York: Aperture, 1996. Template:ISBN.
- Americans We: Photographs and Notes. New York: Aperture, 1994. Template:ISBN.
- Eugene Richards. Photo Poche series. Paris: Nathan, 1997. Template:ISBN.
- Eugene Richards. Phaidon 55 series. London and New York: Phaidon, 2001. Text by Charles Bowden. Template:ISBN
- Stepping through the Ashes. New York: Aperture, 2002. Template:ISBN. With interviews by Janine Altongy.
- The Fat Baby. London: Phaidon, 2004. Template:ISBN.
- A Procession of Them. University of Texas Press, 2008. Template:ISBN.
- The Blue Room. 2008. Template:ISBN.[8]
- War Is Personal. 2010. Template:ISBN.[9][10]
- Red Ball of a Sun Slipping Down. New York: Many Voices, 2014. Template:ISBN.
- The Day I Was Born. New York: Many Voices, 2020. Edition of 1000 copies.[11]
Exhibitions
- The Blue Room, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2009[12]
- Eugene Richards: The Run-On of Time, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York, 2017;[13][14] Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2017/18[15]
Awards
- 1981: W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund.[16]
- 1987: Infinity Award: Photojournalism award from the International Center of Photography, New York, for Below The Line: Living Poor in America[5]
- 1995: Infinity Award: Publication award, from the International Center of Photography, New York for Americans We[5]
- 2014: Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO[17]
Collections
- Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts: 23 prints (as of 5 January 2022)[18]
- Centre Pompidou, Paris: 4 prints (as of 5 January 2022)[19]
- Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 6 prints (as of 5 January 2022)[20]
- Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago: 2 prints (as of 4 January 2022)[21][22]
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts: 4 prints (as of 5 January 2022)[23]
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri: 26 prints (as of 5 January 2022)[24]
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.: 4 prints (as of 5 January 2022)[25]
Videos of Richards
- Lassiter, Kenneth T., Gary Bechtold, et al. Techniques of the Masters (videoconference, April 18, 1991). 1991.
- Richards, Eugene. Eugene Richards Photographer of the Year. Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak Company, 1991.
References
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External links
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- "Eugene Richards portfolio", VII
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