Richard Dorbin, President/Photographer

Born and raised in the mountains of New Mexico, Richard takes the credit (or the blame) for the images on this site. His visual roots date back to his photo journalist/poet father, Jerry Dorbin. It may have been a stroke of luck or a fateful blessing that Jerry gave Richard his first camera (a twin lens reflex) at the age of four. He still credits growing up in Santa Fe as a reason for being visually eclectic and multi-stylistic.

After working as on the yearbook and school paper staff in high school, Richard received his formal training at the widely respected Hallmark Institute of Photography in Turners Falls, MA.

"That was the launching point for me," he says. "When the passion for photography as a way of expressing myself as well as the way in which I could earn a living sprang to life, and I began to establish a respectable resume.”

At this point the work of other photographers began to influence Richard's work. The work of Paul Strand, Minor White, Paul Turnbul, George Tice, Ansel Adams, the Weston family, and Elliot Porter have had a moving and continuing impact on his personal and professional work.

Richard's other interests include folk music, playing the guitar, running, and cooking.

To contact Richard Dorbin by E-mail: images@paragonlight.com