Raymond Moore (photographer)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Raymond Moore (1920–1987) was a post-war English art photographer.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name=":0" />

Moore's first photography exhibition was a solo show held at University of Westminster's School of Architecture in 1959.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1962 Moore's photographs were part of an Artists' International Association show, alongside Malcolm Hughes and Peter Startup's work.<ref name=":2" />

Visiting the U.S. in 1968, he worked with photographer Minor White.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1970, he had a solo show in at the Art Institute of Chicago.<ref name=":1" /> In 1974 he became a lecturer at Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, leaving in 1978.<ref name=":1" />

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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>and died in 1987 from a heart attack.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As of 2009 the Raymond Moore archives were involved in a legal dispute, making them unavailable to the public, or researchers.<ref name=":2" />

Books of photography by Moore

• Photographs. (Welsh Arts Council pamphlet, 1968)
• Murmurs at Every Turn: The Photographs of Raymond Moore. (Travelling Light, 1981)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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)

External links

• The Golden Fleece: Article Index - information on Moore and examples of his work.