Catalogue accompanying an exhibit of photographs by Richard Learoyd at McKee Gallery in 2013.

Born in 1966 in Nelson, Lancashire, England, Richard Learoyd studied under the American photographer Thomas Joshua Cooper at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. This exhibit presents a combination of portraits of people and still-lifes of dead animals, all created by the camera obscura technique, a process which creates unique photographs of alarming clarity and honesty. The tactile nature of naked flesh adjacent to images of dead flamingos, a dead hare, and a horse’s head, force the viewer to consider both the fragility of life and all its inherent beauty. The catalogue includes an essay by Charles Moffett.