Richard Aldred is a photographer with both commercial and artistic practice, undertaking mostly architectural, editorial, and documentary-style work. Lifelong influences include Maurice Sendak (illustration), Joe Colombo (industrial design), and Lt. Columbo (detective). His work has been published and exhibited worldwide.

Image licensing
Getty Images
Millennium Images
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Education
FdSc Optical Coherence Tomography, University of Gloucestershire (2024)
MA Photography, University of Bolton (2013)
FdA Commercial Photography, Liverpool John Moores University (2011)
BA Law, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (2003)

Exhibitions
The Modernist, Manchester, GB (Nov - Dec 2023)
Fujifilm House of Photography, London, GB (Jul - Aug 2023)
Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, GB (Jul 2023)
Miniclick/Format Festival, Derby, GB (Mar - Apr 2015)
Fake Tan Salon, London, GB (May 2014)
Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, USA (Jan 2014)
Soup Kitchen, Manchester, GB (Dec 2013)
Wigan Library/Museum of Wigan Life, Wigan, GB (Nov 2013)
All Visual Triangle, Durham, NC, USA (Jun 2013)
Public installation, Denver, CO, USA (Mar - Nov 2013)
Chetham's Library, Manchester, GB (Mar 2013)
Colorado Mesa Art Gallery, Grand Junction, CO, USA (Feb - Mar 2013)
Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Gallery, New York, NY, USA (Jan 2013)
Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, GB (Dec 2012 - Feb 2013)
Hutton's Buildings, Sheffield, GB (Nov - Dec 2012)
Filter Photo Festival, Chicago, IL, USA (Oct 2012)
Christine Cummings Gallery, Holmeswood, GB (Oct 2011)
Zion Arts Centre, Manchester, GB (Jul 2011)
St Phillips Crypt, Salford, GB (May 2010)
PB&J Gallery, Pomona, CA, USA (Apr 2010)
Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt, DE (Oct 2009 - Mar 2010)
Galerie Richter & Masset, Munich, DE (Oct 2009)
Pick Art Festival, Munich, DE (Oct 2009)
Antony Gormley's One&Other (participant), London, GB (Sep 2009)
Antifreeze, Manchester, GB (Jul 2009)
Römisches Bad, Wurmlingen, DE (May - Sep 2009)
CUBE Gallery, Manchester, GB (Mar - Apr 2009)

Online exhibitions
NHS75 (Jul 2023)
The Curated Fridge: Summer 2020 (Jul 2020)
HAFNY: 100% fun (Aug 2019)
HAFNY: Loss (Mar 2019)
HAFNY: Alternative facts (Mar 2017)
Format Festival: Habitat curators' picks (Sep 2016)
HAFNY: Winter pictures (Feb 2016)
HAFNY: New Jack City (May 2015)
Feature Shoot: Fog and Mist (May 2015)
BBC: Isolated Inns (Oct 2011)

Talks
EASDec conference, Odense, DK (Oct 2021)
BARS conference, Liverpool, GB (Sep 2019)
Redeye/Impressions Gallery, Bradford, GB (Mar 2015)
Redeye, Manchester, GB (Nov 2013)
Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, GB (Feb 2013)

Interviews
Mull It Over (May 2014)
Top Photography Films (Jan 2014)
Wellcome Collection (Sep 2009)

Collections
Chetham's Library, Manchester, GB
Colorado Mesa University, CO, USA
Manchester Museum, Manchester, GB
Photobookshow, Brighton, GB
University of Bolton, Bolton, GB
Private collections, multiple countries