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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 ) 853 photos, 107 members
- Hipstamatic 205,732 photos, 14,336 members
- Christopher Whall (1849 - 1924) 365 photos, 23 members
- Guggenheim Museums 1,589 photos, 467 members
- frank lloyd wright 6,525 photos, 1,247 members
- Somerset 21,359 photos, 1,127 members
- New England Cemeteries 6,303 photos, 437 members
- Massachusetts Architecture 5,281 photos, 284 members
- Boston, Massachusetts 31,358 photos, 3,502 members
- High Rise Buildings 6,073 photos, 420 members
- New York City Skyline 18,111 photos, 1,999 members
- Brooklyn Bridge 3,516 photos, 838 members
- Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Museum Website) 3,221 photos, 767 members
- Friends of the High Line 13,551 photos, 1,615 members
- Frank Gehry's Architecture 5,818 photos, 1,608 members
- Bristol 87,684 photos, 3,365 members
- Bristol Churches 1,568 photos, 156 members
- Cumbria and the Lake District 2,171 photos, 271 members
- Siena 4,494 photos, 1,018 members
- Green Men, Green Beasts 2,743 photos, 69 members
- Pisa 7,364 photos, 1,085 members
- Lichfield Cathedral 43 photos, 14 members
- Firenze - Florence 56,341 photos, 5,719 members
- Firenze / Florence 16,127 photos, 1,794 members
- Philip Webb 142 photos, 17 members
- Seattle 125,481 photos, 6,888 members
- Seattle Center 4,895 photos, 758 members
- Space Needle 12,720 photos, 2,164 members
- Historia Polski / History of Poland 1,035 photos, 86 members
- Daniel Chester French 159 photos, 26 members
- DC Neighborhoods 13,955 photos, 756 members
- Logan Circle 857 photos, 58 members
- Julio Claudian Art, Roman Portraiture and Coins 35,469 photos, 1,483 members
- The Emperor Gaius Caligula 2,450 photos, 280 members
- Washington DC/Metro Area 119,894 photos, 7,306 members
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- Rockefeller Center 1,959 photos, 445 members
- NYC 9,619 photos, 308 members
- Manhattan 116,056 photos, 3,704 members
- Manhattan Fog 166 photos, 49 members
- Empire State Building 3,781 photos, 1,009 members
- Fayum Mummy Portraits 53 photos, 6 members
- Skyscrapers 729 photos, 108 members
- New York, New York 299,502 photos, 13,397 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, 2,231 members
- New York History 3,113 photos, 263 members
- Church Monument Portraits 2,323 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