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richardr's photostream
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I am as interested in words as in images and accordingly tend to take a very 'writerly' perspective to photography, seeing a photograph as a single moment with a larger narrative. My favourite photographers include Eugene Atget, Frank Meadows Sutcliffe, Benjamin Brecknell Turner, Josef Sudek, Karel Brassai, Plicka and Simon Marsden, the drawings of Escher, Dore, Meryon and Piranesi, the paintings of David Friedrich and Atkinson Grimshaw or the cinematography of films like Metropolis and The Third Man.
Photos of richardr (3)
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- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2,570 photos, 202 members
- LONDON - Hipstamatic ( New group ) 851 photos, 107 members
- Hipstamatic 205,196 photos, 14,321 members
- Christopher Whall (1849 - 1924) 365 photos, 23 members
- Guggenheim Museums 1,653 photos, 467 members
- frank lloyd wright 6,524 photos, 1,247 members
- Somerset 21,337 photos, 1,127 members
- New England Cemeteries 6,312 photos, 437 members
- Massachusetts Architecture 5,296 photos, 284 members
- Boston, Massachusetts 31,720 photos, 3,494 members
- High Rise Buildings 6,071 photos, 420 members
- New York City Skyline 18,080 photos, 1,999 members
- Brooklyn Bridge 3,506 photos, 836 members
- Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Museum Website) 3,217 photos, 766 members
- Friends of the High Line 13,487 photos, 1,613 members
- Frank Gehry's Architecture 5,817 photos, 1,607 members
- Bristol 87,597 photos, 3,363 members
- Bristol Churches 1,558 photos, 156 members
- Cumbria and the Lake District 2,171 photos, 268 members
- Siena 4,512 photos, 1,016 members
- Green Men, Green Beasts 2,733 photos, 69 members
- Pisa 7,360 photos, 1,084 members
- Lichfield Cathedral 43 photos, 14 members
- Firenze - Florence 56,232 photos, 5,715 members
- Firenze / Florence 16,092 photos, 1,789 members
- Philip Webb 142 photos, 17 members
- Seattle 125,342 photos, 6,888 members
- Seattle Center 4,890 photos, 758 members
- Space Needle 12,711 photos, 2,163 members
- Historia Polski / History of Poland 1,027 photos, 84 members
- Daniel Chester French 159 photos, 26 members
- DC Neighborhoods 13,935 photos, 756 members
- Logan Circle 857 photos, 59 members
- Julio Claudian Art, Roman Portraiture and Coins 35,448 photos, 1,482 members
- The Emperor Gaius Caligula 2,450 photos, 280 members
- Washington DC/Metro Area 119,773 photos, 7,297 members
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- Rockefeller Center 1,947 photos, 443 members
- NYC 9,577 photos, 308 members
- Manhattan 115,979 photos, 3,704 members
- Manhattan Fog 166 photos, 49 members
- Empire State Building 3,777 photos, 1,009 members
- Fayum Mummy Portraits 53 photos, 6 members
- Skyscrapers 727 photos, 108 members
- New York, New York 298,781 photos, 13,388 members
- New York Architecture Info 637 photos, 75 members
- ARCHITECTURE IN NEW YORK 1,772 photos, 678 members
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art 16,850 photos, 2,230 members
- New York History 3,091 photos, 263 members
- Church Monument Portraits 2,322 photos, 39 members
Testimonials (4)
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Bill in DC says:
"There is no greater historian on Flickr than Richard. He posts outstanding images of historical places, accompanying each with a carefully-researched note relating to the photograph's subject. The images themselves are outstanding as well, framed to show off the essence of the subject. Richard's photographs fill a much-needed and rather underappreciated niche in the Flickr community."
8th October, 2006
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Maia C says:
"Richard has the most wonderful photos of the most interesting places. If I can't visit all those places myself, at least I can enjoy them vicariously through Richard's photos."
23rd September, 2006
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Martin Beek says:
"Richard's photographs are packed with stories. I was very drawn to them possibly because of his architectural work. He makes looking at buildings a real joy, the way I think it should be. There's constant delight in new discoveries, drifting through his photostream is rather like browsing through a pictorial encyclopedia. Some of his London pictures are among the best on their subject in my opinion, they are also backed up by interesting footnotes and comments. I'm always excited to see where he'll take us next."
18th July, 2006
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Skinnyde says:
"A master chronicler of architecture. Visiting Richard’s photostream is an education. I have learnt much from his informative descriptions of the many buildings he has photographed.
He seems to belong to every group associated with buildings, and rightly so. His photos and words deserve as wide an audience as possible.
Richard also likes Dr Who, which is no bad thing since my days of hiding behind the sofa whilst it is on are over. Honest!"11th November, 2005
- Name:
- Richardr
- Joined:
- August 2004
- Currently:
- England
- I am:
- Male