Raymond Moore (photographer)
English post war photographer
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Raymond Moore (1920–1987) was a post-war English art photographer.[1]
Moore was born in Wallasey, England. After serving in the RAF during the Second World War, studied at the Royal College of Art between 1947-50. He began freelance photography in 1955, and became a lecturer at Watford College from 1956-75.[1]
Moore's first photography exhibition was a solo show held at University of Westminster's School of Architecture in 1959.[2] In 1962 Moore's photographs were part of an Artists' International Association show, alongside Malcolm Hughes and Peter Startup's work.[2]
Visiting the U.S. in 1968, he worked with photographer Minor White.[3] In 1970, he had a solo show in at the Art Institute of Chicago.[3] In 1974 he became a lecturer at Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, leaving in 1978.[3]
From around 1976 the climate in England slowly began to change in favour of art photography; and so Moore finally saw acclaim in his own country with a major London retrospective show at the Hayward Gallery, the publication of a strong book collection of his photography, and a BBC television documentary about his work.
He was married to Mary Cooper, a fellow photographer[4] and died in 1987 from a heart attack.[5]
As of 2009 the Raymond Moore archives were involved in a legal dispute, making them unavailable to the public, or researchers.[2]
Books of photography by Moore
- Photographs. (Welsh Arts Council pamphlet, 1968)
- Murmurs at Every Turn: The Photographs of Raymond Moore. (Travelling Light, 1981)[6]
- Every So Often: Photographs. (BBC, 1983) (Accompanying a BBC television film on Moore)
- 49 Prints. (British Council; 1986)
- Large portfolio published in Creative Camera International Yearbook, (Coo Press 1976)