Richard Ramsey, 1954 | Portrait photographer

Richard Ramsey is a highly celebrated, award-winning portrait photographer based in Memphis, Tennessee, who is best known for his mastery of digital portrait painting.

Spanning a career of over four decades, he blends traditional portrait photography with classical painterly aesthetics.

He has been honored eleven times with the prestigious title of "Photographer of the Year".

Richard holds the Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman degrees from the Professional Photographers of America and the Tennessee Certified and Tennessee Service Degrees from the Tennessee Professional Photographer Association.

For over 35 years Richard has used his talents to produce some of the Mid-South’s finest portraiture.

He transforms standard photographs into classical, Renaissance-style art pieces.

He swaps backgrounds and textures to make images look like oil paintings.

His primary digital tool is Corel Painter software.

He utilizes it so skillfully that he frequently teaches the technique to other professional photographers.

A massive portion of his portfolio is dedicated to capturing the natural, quiet expressions of children.

He specializes in creating heirloom-quality child and family vignettes.

Richard Ramsey è un artista pluripremiato statunitense, specializzato in ritrattistica e pittura digitale (painterly portraits).

È particolarmente noto per la sua capacità di trasformare gli scatti fotografici in opere d'arte che ricordano i dipinti classici ad olio o pastello, concentrandosi soprattutto sul mondo dei bambini e sulle scene familiari.

È uno dei fotografi di ritratto più premiati del Tennessee, avendo ricevuto per ben 13 volte il titolo di "Photographer of the Year" dalla Tennessee Professional Photographer Association.

Detiene i prestigiosi titoli di Master of Photography e Photographic Craftsman rilasciati dai Professional Photographers of America.

Il suo stile si colloca nel movimento della Tuesday Photo Art.

Ramsey non si limita a scattare una fotografia, ma rielabora l'immagine manipolando luci ed ombre per ottenere una consistenza identica a quella di una tela tradizionale.

I suoi soggetti preferiti sono i bambini inseriti in contesti senza tempo, ritratti storici e figure dallo sguardo profondo ed espressivo.