Paul Richardson

About Paul Richardson

I am a commercial photographer – a storyteller with a camera, focused largely on portraiture and the imagery (still or moving) that businesses and organizations need most. Funny, because this is pretty far from where I started. Once upon a time, I trained to be a journalist and became fascinated by Russia. So I trained to be a Russianist, a Sovietologist, actually, coming this close to getting a PhD. Then a fortuitous clip from a newspaper opened an unexpected door and I fell into the world of business, working as one of the first Western business people on the ground in the last years of the Soviet Union.Long story short, for nearly two decades our business focused on telling stories about Russia. Which all started to unravel when Putin began to shoot Russia in the foot with bigger and bigger munitions. By 2012 I had pivoted the company away from Russia and into story. Specifically, helping other businesses and organizations to tell their story through better images, better words, better videos. We have clients throughout New England, but also in California, Florida, and Canada. And we still publish lots of stories in our digital magazine Russian Life (russianlife.com), because there are still stories to be told.Follow the \"See my work\" link above or jump to storyworkz.com to see what we have been working on.So, that\'s part of my story. I\'d love to hear some of yours.

Experience

1. President and Creative Director

   Storyworkz

   Mar 1990 — Present · Montpelier, VT, US

   Thirty-five years ago (or so), I started a little publishing company. It grew up to be something rather different, but also kind of the same. I do the commercial photography bits, some of the writing and video, and work with an amazingly talented creative collaborative. Together, we help our clients tell better stories, engage more clients, and make a positive impact on the world. One of the joys of running a small business is the precarious dance between the work of creating (writing, photo, video), and the work of supporting: accounting, marketing, bottle-washing, cleaning, purchasing, editing, planning, thinking, cajoling, reminding, upgrading.Yet, it\'s as rewarding as it is all-encompassing. And I can\'t imagine doing anything else.

Education

• Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant / University of Wales Trinity Saint David

  General

  1981 — 1982

• Central College

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science and Government

• Indiana University Bloomington

  MA, Political Science and Russian Area Studies

  1984 — 1988

• Central College

  BA, Political Science

  1980 — 1984