Eugene Richards

Eugene Richards (born 1944) is an American documentary photographer living in Brooklyn, New York. He has published many books of photography and has been a member of Magnum Photos and of VII Photo Agency. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. 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". He lives in Brooklyn, New York. War Is Personal. 2010. . Red Ball of a Sun Slipping Down. New York: Many Voices, 2014. . The Day I Was Born. New York: Many Voices, 2020. Edition of 1000 copies.

Exhibitions The Blue Room, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2009 Eugene Richards: The Run-On of Time, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York, 2017; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2017/18

Awards 1981: W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund. 1987: Infinity Award: Photojournalism award from the International Center of Photography, New York, for Below The Line: Living Poor in America

Collections Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts: 23 prints (as of 5 January 2022) Centre Pompidou, Paris: 4 prints (as of 5 January 2022) Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 6 prints (as of 5 January 2022) Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago: 2 prints (as of 4 January 2022) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts: 4 prints (as of 5 January 2022) Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri: 26 prints (as of 5 January 2022) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.: 4 prints (as of 5 January 2022)

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.