Eugene Richards (born 1944) is an American documentary photographer living in Brooklyn, New York. He has published many books about photography and has been a member of Magnum Photos and of VII Photo Agency. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Books in order of publication:
Few Comforts or Surprises: The Arkansas Delta. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1973.
Dorchester Days. Wollaston, MA: self-published / Many Voices, 1978.Second edition, revised and expanded. London: Phaidon, 2000. With an introduction by Dorothea Lynch and an afterword by Richards.
50 Hours. New York: Many Voices, 1983. With Dorothea Lynch.
Exploding into Life. New York: Aperture in association with Many Voices, 1986. With Dorothea Lynch.
Below the Line: Living Poor in America. Mount Vernon, NY: Consumers Union, 1987. Text ed. Christiane Bird, story researched by Janine Altongy.
The Knife and Gun Club: Scenes from an Emergency Room. New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1989. 2nd ed. 1995.
With Edward Barnes. Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue. New York: Aperture, 1994.
Americans We: Photographs and Notes. New York: Aperture, 1994.
Eugene Richards. Photo Poche series. Paris: Nathan, 1997.
Eugene Richards. Phaidon 55 series. London and New York: Phaidon, 2001. Text by Charles Bowden.
Stepping through the Ashes. New York: Aperture, 2002. With interviews by Janine Altongy.
The Fat Baby. London: Phaidon, 2004.
A Procession of Them. University of Texas Press, 2008.
The Blue Room. 2008.
War Is Personal. 2010.
Red Ball of a Sun Slipping Down. New York: Many Voices, 2014.
The Day I Was Born. New York: Many Voices, 2020. Edition of 1000 copies.
Eugene Richards: Remembrance Garden: A Portrait of Green-Wood Cemetery – 2024
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