Richard Murrin
- Decagon Gallery
- Nov 29
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 1
Richard Murrin is a contemporary realist artist and
photographer based in Kent, southeast England.
• If your photography could speak, what would it say about you?
I spent many decades as a Photorealist painter. Now, with limited time left I have concentrated on photography, which tries to be visionary, attempting to incorporate lighting influenced by Caravaggio, multiple perspectives & vanishing points making it illusionary, sharp clear vision trying to reveal more than just light bouncing from a surface that can make the images appear to be more than the sum of their visible parts, creating an emotional response by the viewer. The photos are meant to stimulate thought, ironic coincidence as well as being a visual delight. It’s easy to see that I visibly still have some way to go then!
• Is there a place or environment where you feel most yourself as a photographer?
Travelling abroad, especially now that I can do it in relative comfort, unlike decades ago when I first travelled, visiting anywhere I consider looks great.
• What is the most meaningful photo you have ever taken, and why?
Photo of my late wife taken in 1977 with my first SLR camera taken locally at what had been Hiram Maxims derelict gun testing range where we used to frequently walk. Both are now long gone.
• If you could describe your photography in one feeling, what would it be?
I can’t, but I can describe it in three:
hopefully thought provoking, mind bending & in your face!
• From the photographs exhibited in Decagon, is there one that holds personal meaning for you? If yes, we would love for you to name it and share what it meant to you.
Most of the exhibited photos have some personal meaning, recording time & place becoming a piece of my history.
The Indian Window was taken really as an afterthought, it was just a snap taken in passing at the Lodi Gardens in Delhi in 2015. It was one of a series which I was going to discard until I spotted that the symmetry was accidentally spot on.
I didn’t wait for hours for the sun to be in the right position, it was just there, just then & I had unwittingly captured it. It was a happy accident.
