Snap Crackle & Pop Art World Premiere 2008.

The renowned Danks Street Galleries will be hosting the opening and two week showing of Richard Simpkin’s, ‘Snap Crackle & Pop Art’ photography and design exhibition at The Depot Gallery, 2 Danks Street Waterloo , Sydney Australia.

Opening Night Monday January 28 at 6PM , All Welcome.

The exhibition runs until Feb 9. (Gallery Hours, Tue – Sat 11am – 6pm )

Featuring ‘Pop Art’ renderings of Richards own candid portraits of;

Anna Nicole Smith
Billy Connolly
Bono
Deeta Von Teese
Cate Blanchett
Clint Eastwood
Crowded House
Debbie Harry
Eddie Murphy
Elvis Costello
Helen Mirren
Iggy Pop
Jack Nicholson
Johnny Cash
Keanu Reeves
Kirk Douglas
Kirsten Dunst
Kurt Cobain
Kylie Minogue
Michael Hutchence
Mischa Barton
Martin Scorsese
Nick Cave
Pete Townsend
Ray Charles
Robert Smith
Sophia Loren
Tina Turner

All prints limited to an edition of 25.

Richard’s second book; Richard & Famous is due for released in October of 2007.

Richard and Famous

Richard & Famous The new book by Richard Simpkin out October 2007.

From Richard Simpkin author & photographer of the best selling book.

‘Australian Legends',

People whose stories we should know.’

Richard’s second book; Richard & Famous is due for released in October of 2007.

This unique book, nineteen years in the making takes you on a journey like no other. Beginning in 1989 with a photo of Richard & Sammy Davis Jnr it then takes you year by year on a journey into the world of the celebrity right through to 2007.

With over four hundred never before seen photographs of the ‘who’s who’ of celebrity including Audrey Hepburn, Nelson Mandela and Johnny Cash. The Dalai Lama to Paris Hilton, Metallica, Snoop
Dogg & Jessica Simpson and many more.

Richard & Famous not only features Richard’s original photographs but tells in his own words how he came to meet and photograph over one thousand celebrities.

“This book represents a collection of photographs which uniquely documents my life through photographs from 1989 – 2007. I guarantee that this is a book that you would have never seen before” Richard Simpkin May 2007.

Australian Legends

The Australian Legends book is the first of its kind. In 1996 I photographed Sir Donald Bradman and continued to meet, photograph and in many cases interview those whom I consider to be Australian Legends. The book has 80 original photographs of Australian Legends, along with a biography on each legend and my own experiences with each of them. The Australian Legends book will be released mid August 2005 throughout all good book stores around Australia and includes a foreword by Ray Martin.

I also plan on exhibiting the photographs throughout Australia. If you would like the exhibition to travel to your area please e-mail me via this site.

“Nothing Is Real” 2004

With digital technology becoming such a big part of photography these days I believe that photography is dead! Anyone today can take an average photo and turn it into a great photo on the computer; the art in photography has died! This image is a one off, just like a painting is a one off; you can’t recreate a painting to be exactly the same as the original. The Nothing Is Real image is the same, it was hand ripped and I just let fate take over whilst I was ripping it, so even if I want to create another Nothing Is Real image I couldn’t, it’s a one off.

I chose Margaret Olley, Charles Blackman, James Gleeson and Judy Cassab as my subjects to give it an art feel; I’m trying to put art back into photography. I would like you to look at the image and try to work out what part of each artist is used to create the ‘single image’

Richard Simpkin Photographer

Born in Sydney in 1973 from an early age Richard had a keen interest in photography and would practise taking photos of family members.

In January 1990, his life changed forever. Richard was just sixteen and had struck up a friendship with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence; Michael took Richard under his wing and allowed the teenager to practice his photography on him. This friendship would last until the time of Michael’s untimely death. ”

In 1996 Richard started taking photos of Australian Legends. His book 'Australian Legends, people whose story we should know' will be released in August 2005.

Richard has worked as a photographer since the age of sixteen, working in Australia, United States and the United Kingdom and was a finalist in the Australian Photographic Portrait Prize in 2004 with his portrait of famed artist Nora Heysen.