Profile

Richard Drury is an established professional photographer and educator with over thirty years experience in his field. He lives and works in the Norfolk countryside with his wife Emma, (who holds a first class MA in photographic studies herself) and their three children, Niamh, Marni and Joel.

As a Getty Images assigned photographer Richard works closely with an art director to produce highly saleable imagery for Getty's House Collections. These include rights-managed brands Stone, Taxi, and The Image Bank and royalty-free collections such as Digital Vision. The image-making process is carefully informed by data from Getty’s creative research department along with Richard's own studies. Images have been utilised for advertising and editorial purposes worldwide, in formats from billboard to web, by clients such as Saatchi and Saatchi, McCann Erickson, Qatar National Bank, Hyundai, Axa Insurance, Barclays Bank, Time Magazine, The Observer, The Guardian, and The Times.

Commissions have seen Richard collaborate with advertising and design agencies to realise concepts for national and international clients such as The Arts Council, Nissan, W. H. Smith, Chelsea Football Club and the NHS. These shoots are undertaken both on location and in his own home studio.

A commitment to education has lead Richard to teach across a wide range of institutions over the course of his career. Most recently he has taught at the highly regarded Norwich University of the Arts where he held the position of Associate Lecturer from 2004-2017

An early adopter of new technology Richard's digital manipulation skills achieved recognition from the Association of Photographers when he was selected for their IDEA Awards in August 2000

Richard’s personal work has been exhibited widely in the USA and UK and is held in the prestigious Collection of the Ansel Adams Gallery.