Richard Holder

Richard Holder is a

commercial photographer in Belize, Central America

About Richard Holder

Richard Holder was born on March 17, 1974, in

University of West Indies. He later grew up in the idyllic agricultural communities of Central Farm and Esperanza in the Cayo District

of Western Belize.

At the age of seventeen, Holder undertook intensive study in the United States before returning to his homeland in 1999. During his early photography rendezvous, Holder soon realized that the camera was a way to create art faster than with a pen or a paintbrush, and an exciting means to explore light and color. Holder learned his craft at the University of North Texas (UNT) on the outskirts of Dallas. He graduated in 1997 with a BA in Photography and minor in English and Illustration. With a unique foundation as a fine art painter and a cartoonist that budded as a child, Holder immediately created a name for himself among his photography counterparts in Belize "alternately shocking and entertaining"^[4] his audience.

In 1999, upon his return to Belize, Holder's artistic

homeless people taken in his studio. In 2009, The Image Factory Art Foundation and Gallery celebrated ten years of his fine art photography in Belize with a retrospective titled, "Decadence 1999–2009".^[7]

Commercially, Holder has established himself as a

Miss Belize.^[10]

R H Photo Limited

Richard Holder is the owner of R H Photo Ltd. – a modern photography company founded in 2004. The company started in 2000 as www.richardholder.com, which now showcases Holder's artistic creations and snippets of his local and international exhibitions. R H Photo Ltd. opened its first professional studio in the heart of downtown Belize City, a place that has served as inspiration for some of Holder's greatest street projects.

Northern Highway

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References

External links

[1] Sept. 9, 2005: "Belizean artists defend musical territory", Channel5Belize.com

[2] "History of Marla's House of Hope", Marlashouseofhope.org

[3] "Newsletter – 1998", International Society of Citriculture

[4] May 13, 2005: "Richard Holder's Xposure Divine", 7newsbelize.com

[5] March 20, 2000: “Nude Photos at House of Culture,” Channel5Belize.com

[6] Aug. 7, 2003: “Photographic exhibition opens at Image Factory,” Channel5Belize.com

[7] March 18,2009: “Photographer launches new exhibit: ‘Decadence’,” Channel5Belize.com

[8] For Photograph of Former Prime Minister of Belize, "Twenty Questions – The January Interview", Belizemagazine.com

[9] Dec. 9, 2004: "Belikin releases 2005 Calendar," Channel5Belize.com May 3, 2002: "Photographer exhibits at Image Factory," Channel5Belize.com

[10] "About Us", The Next Miss Belize Official Website

[11] March 24, 2004:“A Rasta man’s Last Supper. Art or Sacrilege?”, 7NewsBelize.com; Oct. 9, 2008:“Project Poverty exhibition opens tonight at Mexican Institute”, Channel5Belize.com

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