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Biographie de Richard L'Anson

Richard l'Anson is a freelance photographer who has built a career on his twin passions for travel and photography. Over the past 30 years he has travelled the world amassing a substantial and compelling collection of images of people and places in more than 90 countries on all seven continents. Richard received his first camera as a gift from his parents when he was 16 and has been infatuated with photography ever since.
After studying photography, film and television for two years at Rusden State College in Melbourne, he worked in a camera store and minilab before going freelance in 1982. His work is published worldwide in books, magazines, newspapers, brochures, calendars, posters, cards and websites. He has published numerous books : Chasing Rickshaws (1998) and Rice Trails (2004), both collaborations with Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler ; Travel Photography (2000, 2004 and 2009 editions) and Urban Travel Photography (2006) ; and the large-format pictorials Australia : 42 Great Landscape Experiences (2006) ; Nepal: Kathmandu Valley, Chitwan, Annapurna, Mustang, Everest (2007) and India : Essential Encounters (2010).
Richard is a double Master of Photography with the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) and was judged top travel photographer in Capture Magazine's 2007 Australia's Top Photographers Awards. Lonely Planet has been using Richard's photographs for 21 years and his work has been featured in over 500 editions of Lonely Planet titles. When he's not on the road Richard lives in Melbourne, Australia.