Richard W. Moore 
Richard Moore Photography
                                               

I studied studio art and art history while receiving a B.A. in English from Yale University, followed by an M. Div. from Union Theological Seminary and an M.A. in non-fiction writing from the University of New Hampshire. (And that was a long time ago.) I learned photography from many fine photographers, including Neil Maurer (later of San Antonio) and Paul Caponigro, then teaching in Danville, Connecticut; more recently in New Hampshire with Douglas Prince, Gary Samson, and my prime critical friends Sarah Flause, Jay Goldsmith, Carol van Loon, and Amos Desfosses.

From 2005 to 2019 I worked on "twice-seen images"--composites of old photographs in historic locations with contemporary images from the same camera positions. I chased historic photographs through institutions in New Hampshire, Monhegan Island, Maine; and Athens, Greece. I rephotographed in the steps of those early photographers and put together images of past and present in the same place.

In 2020, even before the pandemic, I felt the "twice-seen" projects were finished. I began a photographic exploration of roots, evidence of things unseen. In the course of that I rediscovered the wonders of birch bark from the fallen trees of our woodlot. I began by printing a photograph of birchbark on that same piece of bark, a study of the relationship of image and object. 

As the pandemic grew, we moved to Burlington, Vermont. I made more elaborate compositions of bark itself and conventional images. These experiments evolved into photographic images of my new urban environment printed on large pieces of prepared bark.

Thank you for your interest in extreme photography.

Richard


Affiliations: 

Juried member of The Front, a cooperative gallery in Montpelier VT
Member and past president, New Hampshire Society of Photographic Artists 

Juried Member, Ogunquit Art Association until 2020
Juried Member, New Hampshire Art Association

Representative exhibits:

Bimonthly group shows at The Front, Montpelier VT
The Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas Gallery,
 Athens, Greece, solo show of "Athens Twice Seen"
The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit ME

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth NH
The Lupine Gallery, Monhegan Island ME
Millbrook Gallery, Concord NH
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA
Silver Center for the Performing Arts, Plymouth NH
Prescott Park Arts Festival, Portsmouth NH
New Hampshire State Library, Concord NH
Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, Portsmouth NH
Odiorne Point State Park, Rye NH