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Richard Holder is a visual artist and commercial photographer in Belize, Central America. ==About Richard Holder== Richard Holder was born on March 17, 1974 in Belize City, Belize. He is the grandson of award-winning local Kriol calypsonian Cleveland Berry〔(Sept. 9, 2005: "Belizean artists defend musical territory", Channel5Belize.com )〕 and the son of Dr. Marla Berry-Holder, Ph.D., who was an active philanthropist〔("History of Marla's House of Hope", Marlashouseofhope.org )〕 and pioneer leader in Belize’s citrus industry.〔("Newsletter – 1998", International Society of Citriculture )〕 Holder spent his early childhood in Trinidad and Tobago while his mother studied at the University of West Indies. He later grew up in the idyllic agricultural communities of Central Farm and Esperanza in the Cayo District of Western Belize. At the age of seventeen, Holder undertook intensive study in the United States before returning to his homeland in 1999. During his early photography rendezvous, Holder soon realized that the camera was a way to create art faster than with a pen or a paintbrush, and an exciting means to explore light and color. Holder learned his craft at the University of North Texas (UNT) on the outskirts of Dallas. He graduated in 1997 with a BA in Photography and minor in English and Illustration. With a unique foundation as a fine art painter and a cartoonist that budded as a child, Holder immediately created a name for himself among his photography counterparts in Belize "alternately shocking and entertaining"〔(May 13, 2005: "Richard Holder's Xposure Divine", 7newsbelize.com )〕 his audience. In 1999, upon his return to Belize, Holder’s artistic nude photography of women was published in the Spanish edition of Penthouse. The following year, those images were featured in Holder's first solo exhibition titled, "Nude".〔(March 20, 2000: “Nude Photos at House of Culture,” Channel5Belize.com ) 〕 His signature uninhibited style kept developing and ventured beyond the aesthetics of the female form. In subsequent solo exhibitions such as the controversial “WE” ( 1993 ),〔(Aug. 7, 2003: “Photographic exhibition opens at Image Factory,” Channel5Belize.com )〕 Holder produced large format light box images of homeless people taken in his studio. In 2009, The Image Factory Art Foundation and Gallery celebrated ten years of his fine art photography in Belize with a retrospective titled, "Decadence 1999–2009".〔(March 18,2009: “Photographer launches new exhibit: ‘Decadence’,” Channel5Belize.com )〕 Commercially, Holder has established himself as a people photographer with subjects ranging from the happy couple enjoying a honeymoon in the tropics to the Prime Minister of Belize at his executive desk.〔(For Photograph of Former Prime Minister of Belize, "Twenty Questions – The January Interview", Belizemagazine.com )〕 Holder has become the premier photographer for the annual Belikin Beer Calendar produced by the country’s only local and largest beer distributor.〔(Dec. 9, 2004: "Belikin releases 2005 Calendar," Channel5Belize.com ) (May 3, 2002: "Photographer exhibits at Image Factory," Channel5Belize.com )〕 In 2010, he served as the Director of Photography for the national beauty pageant, The Next Miss Belize.〔("About Us", The Next Miss Belize Official Website ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Holder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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