Ian Lloyd (photographer)

Richard Ian Lloyd

Ian Lloyd, November 2007
Born 2 March 1953 (1953-03-02) (age 59)
Midland, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian, Australian
Training Rochester Institute of Technology, Brooks Institute of Photography

R. Ian Lloyd is an Australian photographer who was born in Canada in 1953 and studied photography at Rochester Institute of Technology and Brooks Institute of Photography in the United States before coming to Australia in 1975. He worked in television and as a photographer for guide books before establishing his own photography and publishing company in Singapore in 1983. Ian has undertaken commissions for magazines such as National Geographic, Fortune and Time, and has won numerous awards for his work. He has photographed 36 books on countries and regions around Asia including large format books on Kathmandu, Bali and Singapore and a four volume series on Australian wine regions. His photographs have been widely exhibited around the world. In 2000 a retrospective book and exhibition of his work, Spirit of Asia, toured six Asian cities under the sponsorship of the National Geographic Channel. In 2007 he produced a book, DVD and travelling exhibition[1] entitled STUDIO: Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity.

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Biography

Born and raised in Canada, Ian studied at Rochester Institute of Technology and Brooks Institute of Photography before striking out for the South Pacific, where he worked a year in New Zealand and three in Australia before finally settling in Singapore (1980) as managing director of the APA Photo Library and chief photographer for several Insight Guide books.

He formed his own company, R. Ian Lloyd Productions, in 1983 and has since photographed 36 books on Asia and Australia. His photography has appeared in international magazines including National Geographic,[2] Newsweek, Fortune, Condé Nast Traveler, Gourmet and Business Week. Multinational companies as diverse as ExxonMobil, Pepsi, Motorola, Singapore Airlines and Canon have commissioned his commercial photography.

Ian has won awards for his work, and in 2000 a retrospective book and exhibition of his photography, Spirit of Asia, toured six Asian cities under the sponsorship of the National Geographic Channel. In 2007 he published and produced a book, DVD and travelling exhibition entitled STUDIO: Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity with the writer John McDonald.

Works

Solo exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

Publications

Contributions to publications

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Studio - Australian Painters Photographed By R.Ian Lloyd". National Portrait Gallery of Australia. http://www.portrait.gov.au/exhibit/Studio/. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  2. ^ "National Geographic Magazine: February 1998". www.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20080406224814/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/9802/hilights.html#h. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 

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