Richard S Chow

-- Distant Memories series --

My family moved from Hong Kong to Los Angeles when I was sixteen. Those first years were difficult for an immigrant teenager due to language and culture shifts, and at times were overwhelming as I tried to find my place in this new world. From discovery, insight and serendipity, the American culture was slowly absorbed. More specific to So Cal, the beach architype is ingrained in the lifestyle, and I quickly learned that it was a place that provided comfort and inspiration to me as a young man. I now frequent the beach regularly as a place for relaxation and observation.

With this series, Distant Memories, I capture the childhood that I could have experienced, those weekend forays to museums, outings to the waters edge, with family, friends and a picnic basket filled with the ingredients for a perfect day. Like finding shells on the shore, I am collecting visual memories.

And while they might not be my memories, they allow me to imagine a childhood in a place I now call home.

Richard S. Chow is a fine art and documentary photographer. His work are honored with awards, solo and juried exhibits across the U.S., exhibited in galleries, internationally published and is featured in several private collections.

He has won awards 3 years in a row (2013, 14, 15) from Lucie Foundation’s IPA International Photography Awards; having work shown at photo l.a.Fair every January since 2013. His solo shows were held at the Cause Gallery in the renowned Chung-King Road in Los Angeles, and The Gallery Presents in Hawthorne CA. Richard is also a producer for OPEN SHOW (LA Chapter), a global non-profit organization that provides a forum for powerful dialog between the public/collectors, partners, and artists. Richard is represented by Gallery 825; LA Arts Association, and a curator at the Los Angeles Photo Curators. Richard served as Vice-Chair and Chairman of the Board for the nonprofit Create Now, whose mission is to transform lives for at-risk youth through arts mentoring. He enjoys doing conceptual, aesthetic and book projects. His work can be viewed at www.richardschow.com; or contact richard@richardschow.com