Richard Harrington (photographer)
- Richard Harrington (photographer)
Richard Harrington, O.C. (February 24 1911–October 11 2005) was a Canadian photographer. He is best known for his photographs taken in the Canadian Arctic between 1948 and 1953.
Born in Hamburg, Germany, he immigrated to Canada in the mid 1920s. During his career he traveled to more than 100 countries and his photographs have appeared in more than 24 books. His work has been shown at the National Archives of Canada, the Smithsonian Institution and the Museum of Modern Art.
In 2001, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
elected bibliography
* "The face of the Arctic: a cameraman’s story in words and pictures of five journeys into the far North" (1952)
* "British Columbia in pictures" (1958)
* "The Inuit: life as it was" (1981, ISBN 0888302053)
* "Richard Harrington: Canadian Photographer" (1998, ISBN 189035600X)
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