Having been awarded a PhD from the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, he is now photographing in the region. Richard is an award-winning photographer whose work from St. Petersburg has recently won the Ben Uri Gallery’s photography competition. He has lived and photographed in Russia, China, USA, and now Poland where he is working on a street photography project entitled ‘Polacy’ (‘The Poles’). Richard will be returning to the Danube Summer School to guide first and second year UCL students in thinking about themes of identity, citizenship, and migration through the art of portrait photography.