Freelance socially committed photojournalist and filmmaker working with Magnum dealing with the social implications of cocaine, breast cancer, emergency rooms and mental institutions. He is a member of the photo agency VII.Preparing biographies
Biography provided by Focal Press
World-renowned social documentary photographer following in the tradition of W. Eugene Smith. Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, he was an activist and social worker before becoming a noted magazine photographer, prolific member of Magnum, filmmaker, author, and dedicated teacher. Co-director of Many Voices, a media group dedicated to producing films and books on contemporary social issues such as aging, pediatric HIV/AIDS, poverty, and the mentally disabled. Richards works in a compassionate documentary style to produce intimate long-term narratives that educate and promote dialog while sustaining an unflinching look at the hard realities of our contemporary social landscape. Honored for his many books that reflect concern for social justice, his seminal work Exploding Into Life, chronicles his wife’s struggle with breast cancer.
(Author: Garie Waltzer - Photographer and consultant)
Michael Peres (Editor-in-Chief), 2007, Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, 4th edition, (Focal Press) [ISBN-10: 0240807405, ISBN-13: 978-0240807409]
(Used with permission)
Readings on, or by, individual photographers
Lynch, D., 1986, Eugene Richards: Exploding Into Life, (New York: Aperture) [Δ]
Richards, Eugene, 2000, Dorchester Days, (London: Phaidon) [Δ]
Richards, Eugene, 2002, Stepping Through the Ashes, (New York: Aperture) [Δ]
Richards, Eugene, 2005, Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue, (New York: Aperture) [Δ]
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Family history
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