Richard Heeps is interviewed by ESTILA
ESTILA put some interview questions to Richard about his experiences in the art world.
Visit Cambridge Summer 2023
Visit Richard Heeps Open Studio the First Four Weekends in July. Read our local guide on what else you can do on your visit to Cambridge.
Five Artworks on Art Republic for World Photography Day
Thoughts, themes and feelings behind five of my artworks.
A Pantone Colour is Not Just For a Year
Buying art should not be a trend, although you might be subconsciously influenced by trends, art should be intended as a lifetime purchase which can be relocated as your life evolves.
Richard Heeps' 12 Bestselling Artworks of 2021
This year for the first time our gallery platform Bleach Box, announced the bestselling artwork of the month on Instagram. There was a common theme of bold, colourful pop art, typography and architecture.
Richard Heeps interview for The Affordable Online Art Fair Instagram Takeover
An in-depth interview with Richard Heeps discussing his life, inspiration and work.
How to choose art for your home
Guest blog from interior design account @alondonrenovation on how to choose art for your home. You bring your story to the art in your home. It is in this interaction that art can become an exciting part of interior design, in a way that doesn't necessarily happen with a cushion or a lamp - at least, not with the same immediacy. Art can be transporting, inspiring, joyous, melancholy, nostalgic. The most important thing is to buy art that makes you feel something. Richard Heeps incredible lens based photography certainly does that.
Contact sheets from California and Nevada
Looking at my contact sheets discovering the patterns that emerge.
Discover affordable artwork photography from Richard Heeps
With a photography career that spans five decades, Richards’ archive is expansive. I had quite literally hours of fun, excitedly flicking through every single photograph. My journey took me from the bustling streets of Hong Kong, to a sun lounger in Palm Springs and the neon-lit shop windows of New York, via my favourite place in the world, London!
CAMERA COLLECTION #9
It makes great big negatives that you can take really large without too much grain.
CAMERA COLLECTION #7
The Hasselblad SWC is the widest angle medium format film camera on the planet.
CAMERA COLLECTION - #4
Initially I was drawn to the interesting aesthetic of this camera but soon found it was not to be my 6x9 camera of choice.
Yellow Corridor, Milan 2019
To me this picture, a symmetrical corridor leading to two offset doors, lends to creating many stories.
It's a Fairy Tale in New York
I like how looking out the window at Manhattan on this misty night has created a vast intense cinematic city in the sky feel.
Hanger, Finsterwald, Germany, 2004
My reason for being there was the Hot Heads East Hot Rod Club Drag Racing Event. As a fan of the sport I visited as a photographer to capture authentic Drag Racing.
First look at the newly processed films.
This picture is intended for an exhibition called 'Déja vu'.
Dream in Colour & Man's Ruin
Some of the same pictures you have seen before but maybe now they have a different relevance.
Open Cambridge pt.1 Corpus Christi College
Exploring the architecture and artefacts of the living museum that is the City of Cambridge at Open Cambridge.
Wonderland, Haddenham Steam Rally
Revisiting my autobiographical series 'A View of the Fens from the Car with Wings'.
Welney Water Tower, 2019
I photographed a number of Water Towers that day, each quite a different architectural style, it really is interesting thinking about their historical significance.
'57 Pink Cadillac, Guyhirn, 2019
For the first time in a long time I returned to my autobiographical project 'A View of the Fens from the Car with Wings', the foundations of which were born from my family drives in the Fens on a Sunday, looking for the unusual, something we call "Fen Hunting".
Tin Tabernacle, Cambridge, 2019
The sun was shining on the Friday of the UK August Bank Holiday so I loaded my camera gear into my van and headed to the church to finally photograph it.
My North Circular Project Begins at Walthamstow Stadium
Took a little journey on the A406 The North Circular Road and just off one of the Junctions I came face to face with this neon dream, Walthamstow Stadium.
The Barbican, 2019
I'm busy editing and printing for my next show at The Other Art fair King's Cross.
Out shooting in Bexhill-on-Sea last year
I took my MPP Large Format Field Camera and photographed some Victoriana on the seafront.
Simmo, Bloom and Billet Mill, Scunthorpe, 2006
The impact of Brexit on Britain and how my work relates to Current Affairs.
Shoe Repair * Shoe Shine, Manhattan, 2016
As development takes over these days I am desperate to capture the original features of the City.
Village Music World, Bleecker Street, New York, 2016
I am always on the hunt for vinyl for the Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection so went into Village Music World when walking down Bleecker Street.
Binoculars, Empire State Building, 2013
I love the original binoculars of the Empire State Building which are part of the fabric, the architecture.
Darkroom Daze
We are in our Cambridge Darkroom printing ‘We_men’, an Exhibition Opening @nhow.milano on 6th November. We can’t wait for you to see it in all its glory!