Biography:
 

Richard Greene brings to photography a unique personal history. As a trained classical violinist and Bluegrass Fiddle Master his career as a touring musician, recording artist and educator spanned non-stop from 1960 to 2013. All his life he has been obsessed with photography, from bathroom/darkroom to today’s digital revolution. He avidly collected books by the masters recognized at that time: Cartier-Bresson, Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon, Edward Weston and browsed countless others in local camera shops every day after school.

His 4 primary musical goals have always been expression, innovation, technique and composition, he finds that musical and photographic composition are quite the same, both depend entirely on the artistic placement of available or sometimes imagined elements. His work has been seen in many dozens of exhibitions throughout the United States. This year he was the recipient of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Award, Exhibition and Traveling Tour.