With a large body of architecture books and magazine and newspaper articles throughout the US and Europe, Richard Sexton has become a noted photographer, artist, critic, teacher, and author in his field. He began his photography career as an undergraduate at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He eventually left Emory, disillusioned by his art-school experience, and took a job working as a darkroom technician. In 1980, he began his commercial photography career near the San Francisco Bay area. Choosing to focus on architecture as a subject matter, he became recognized for his skill despite his marginal prior experience. He was soon in high demand from the leading architecture and design firms in San Francisco and was published in many local and national architecture and design magazines.
In 1991, Sexton moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. His book New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence, published in 1993, was declared “Best Book of the Year” by New Orleans’ major newspaper. Dr. Patricia Brady, director of publications for the Historic New Orleans Collection, called it “the best photographic book ever done on the city.” The Rounce and Coffin Club in Los Angeles bestowed the ambitious project with an Award of Merit for its design. A television feature by Peggy Scott Laborde for the HGTV network found its inspiration from Sexton’s book. In March 2014, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities awarded Richard Sexton the Michael P. Smith Memorial Award for documentary photography.
Sexton currently teaches photography at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts and has previously taught at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He is a frequent guest lecturer at events such as the Planning Conference of the American Institute of Architects and the National Design Conference of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Sexton has two daughters and calls New Orleans home.
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