The Photographer

Chris Richardson has been taking photographs for a long time. Having left the London College of Printing he worked as an assistant learning his trade from some of the finest photographers in town.

Starting out shooting fashion for the monthlies and the national press such as ‘Honey’ ‘Vanity Fair’ (UK) ‘Vogue’ ‘The Daily Telegraph’ and ‘Cosmopolitan’ , he relocated to the USA for a year where he worked as a stills photographer for MGM studios in Culver City, Los Angeles.

Returning to the UK he set up the first of several London studios specialising in product photography, studio-built kitchens and 'flat pack' home sets before moving on to what is now called ‘lifestyle’ photography. His commissions varied, from Cadbury’s chocolate and Whiskas cat food to fashion accessories, shoes and hats . He also did time on the Rock’n Roll circuit photographing bands for NME, Friends and Melody Maker etc.

Having changed the way people looked at Hi Fi in the late ‘80’s by turning a mundane looking black box into an exciting and unexpectedly angled ‘lifestyle’ object, he was courted by many manufacturers and magazines to work this magic for them.

As his innovative style began to be copied by other photographers, he moved onto alternative fields, taking portraits of media personalities and home interiors of the rich and famous for TV listings magazines and the weekend supplements before beginning a period of travelling in the far east, making images for slide libraries.

He has exhibited his work throughout the country winning praise from his contemporaries including one of his early mentors, the late Helmut Newton who praised an exhibition of nudes at the Photographers Gallery in London.

Having recently given up his studio in the city he spends more time away taking pictures abroad and experimenting with the digital medium.

In between time spent restoring an old farm house in southern France, he is working on a new (2007) collection of original digital images to be exhibited in the new year.

All photographs on this website can be purchased. Many of them as limited editions. Please e-mail the photographer for prices. An on line shop will be opening soon.