Richard Woldendorp

Richard Woldendorp (born 1927) is a Western Australian photographer.

Born in the Netherlands, he migrated to Perth in 1951. His first camera was obtained in 1955, and he became a professional photographer in 1961.

This was after winning two prizes in the Craven-A national photography competition. His work has been prolific and extensively collected in Art and Photography galleries around Australia and overseas. He was made a "Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography" in 1991, and an Honorary Life Member in 1997. He has provided photographs for and produced over 15 books. Some of his books have had significant West Australian authors provide introductions and text - such as Tim Winton and Tom Hungerford.

Awards

Achievements and honours include:
* Western Australia's Professional Photographer of the Year for 1998
* Listed as one of Scoop magazine's Inspirational West Australians for 2005;

Publications:

* Hungerford, T. A. G. and Richard Woldendorp (1969) "A million square : Western Australia" . Melbourne: Thomas Nelson (Australia). ISBN 0170018237
* (1983) "Australia's West" Perth, W.A Day Dawn Press. ISBN 0959693416
* (1985) "Australia, the untamed land " photographs by Richard Woldendorp. Sydney : Readers Digest. ISBN 0949819611
* (text by John Scott, photographs by Richard Woldendorp)
* (1992) "Journey through a landscape : Richard Woldendorp's Australia". West Perth, W.A : Sandpiper Press. ISBN 064609386X
* (1994) "Australia's flying doctors: the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia" photographs by Richard Woldendorp ; text by Roger McDonald. Chippendale, N.S.W. : Pan Macmillan ISBN 0732907934
* (1995) "Australia, the untamed land" photographs by Richard Woldendorp. Sydney : Reader's Digest. ISBN 0864389337
* (text by Tim Winton)
* (2001) "Design by nature" photographs by Richard Woldendorp; text by Victoria Laurie. North Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press in association with Sandpiper Press, ISBN 1863683496
* (with text by Roger McDonald and Amanda Burton)

Further reading

* Reprinted in Seddon, George (1995) "Swan Song".
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* "Australian Style", January 1993, "p." 82.
* "Landscope", Spring 1987, "p." 51-54.
* "Western outlook", October 1993, "p." 28-29

External links

* [http://www.richardwoldendorp.com Official website]
* [http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/gateways/archive/74/Woldendorp.html A procurement of Aerial photographs by Woldendorp] (National Library of Australia)