ABOUT THE "ARTIST"

Richard James Taylor, born in Folkestone in 1965...and still  here!!

Son of two of the most renowned and busiest professional photographers in this area during the 1950s & 1960s who continued that work into the mid 1990s. 

Richard and Pam Taylor were Professional Photographers.  They earned that title having completed what was then a 7 year apprenticeship (click their photos to the left to find out more) and they excelled at their work.

As  you can understand I grew up with photography and fully appreciate its historical, social and artistic qualities.  Its in my blood.

In recent years I have come to accept that folk around might be actually right and have come back to my love of Photography outside of the years I spent as a Photo-Journalist within British Motorsport.

Returning to my roots I am devoted to the use of 20th century techniques in the use of various and sometimes specialist films but with the use of the best equipment in photographic history. 

Following father’s untimely death in 2007 the family’s negative archive of some 7000+ jobs that date back to 1958 has come into my possession.  I continue to catalogue and make this work available as well as undertaking my own.

I've been fortunate to have been asked to help with the archives of two other great photographers and having spent two years being exposed to internationally important material has had a very positive effect on my work and I can now say that it's all coming together rather well! 

I've been very fortunate to have had such a unique opportunity.

So above has worked very well, more so as it followed my decision to lean towards portraiture but the overall aim is to return to the quality of true professional photography and to show that it is very available to everybody and doesn't have to be incredibly expensive.

Currently, there are very few that can show character in their portraiture as I do....a wild claim?  Try me!