John riddy biography

British photographer (born 1959)

John Riddy (born 1959) is a British photographer who came to the fore after his solo exhibition at Camden Arts Centre in 2000. He lives and works in London and has exhibited internationally since 1998.

Life and career

Riddy started taking and printing photographs at the age of 14 and earned a BA and MA in Fine Art at Chelsea School of Art (1980–84).^[1] Since his first solo exhibition in 1993 Riddy has consistently worked in series, with an emphasis on considered description.^{[citation needed]} Architecture, the particularities of place and the urban environment have been constant subjects,^[2] whilst the starting point for many of his series has been the relationship between photography and the history of art and architecture.^[3] Typical examples are the autobiography of John Ruskin,^[4] the woodblock prints of Hokusai ^[3] and the photographs of Gustave le Gray.^[5