Eugene Richards
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Eugene Richards is an American documentary photographer. Richards has published many volumes of photography and been a member of Magnum Photos and of VII Photo Agency.
Born: April 25, 1944 (age 74 years), Dorchester, Boston, MA
Spouse: Dorothea Lynch (m. ?–1983), Janine Altongy
Facts:
Richards has published seventeen books. Exploding Into Life, which chronicles his first wife Dorothea Lynch’s struggle with breast cancer, received Nikon's Book of the Year award. For Below The Line: Living Poor in America, his documentation of urban and rural poverty, Richards received an Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography. The Knife & Gun Club: Scenes from an Emergency Room received an Award of Excellence from the American College of Emergency Physicians. Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue, an extensive reportorial on the effects of hardcore drug usage, received the Kraszna-Krausz Award for Photographic Innovation in Books. (eugenerichards.com)
His style:
Richards focuses on profound aspects of life that are often ignored such as family, birth, death, poverty, physical health and prejudice.
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