by Eléonore Simon
For over 35 years, the American/British photographer Richard Bram has been walking the streets of the world in search of the special moments of everyday life. He has worked on large public events and intimate private moments, always looking for the significant gesture to animate his photographs. His approach is straight: In black & white or color, he doesn't set up a photo or alter the scene. The photograph is either there or it is not.
Born in Philadelphia, USA, in 1952, Bram has been a professional photographer since 1984. He was a founding member of in-public, now UP Photographers, the first international street photography collective. In addition to being regularly published in traditional and digital magazines, he regularly writes and lectures on street photography. Today, based in London, he hopes to be on the move again soon in search of new images. Three books of his work have been published, "Richard Bram: Street Photography" (2006), “Richard Bram: NEW YORK” (2016) and “Short Stories” (2020). In 2020, Bram received the honor of a major retrospective exhibition at the Mannheimer Kunstverein of Mannheim, Germany. His work has been seen in over forty solo and group exhibitions around the world, and is part of major museum collections in America and Europe. He now makes his home on the banks of the River Thames in east London where he observes the water, light and air of that great river.
