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Richard Crump Miller Biography
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1912 |
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Born on Aug 6, 1912 in Hanford, CA
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1929 |
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Introduced to Leica and Graflex cameras
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1929 |
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Studied cinematography while attending, successively, Stanford University and Pomona College. He did his final year at the University of Southern California where he met his wife, Margaret.
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1939 |
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Began his career as a photographer
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1941 |
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Began working in the photo department at North American where he also met the photographer Brett Weston, with whom he formed a lifelong friendship.
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1944 |
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Took a job as a printer at Gasparcolor
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1946 |
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Began photographing Norma Jeane Dougherty (Marilyn Monroe), then a model provided through the Blue Book Models agency
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1946 - 1954 |
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Went to work as an assistant to photographers Valentino Sarra, Ruzzie Green, and John Engstead on commercial jobs
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1952 - 1955 |
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Worked as the television lighting director at KLAC
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1955 |
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His first on-location assignment was for Giant, where his job was to shadow James Dean.
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1955 - 1962 |
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Returned to freelance work and was on retainer at Globe Photos, covering the entertainment industry.
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1962 |
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Went into semi-retirement, only occasionally shooting stills on motion pictures sets but primarily pursuing his own photographic interests.
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1970 |
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For some time during the 1970s, Richard experimented with grinding pigment and coating his own pigment transfer papers to create carbros.
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1979 |
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Met photographer Reece Vogel, who was also interested in making carbros
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1984 |
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Richard and Reece rescued materials and equipment from McGraw Colorgraph when its defunct plant was being shut down. Reece eventually printed the black and white silver prints of the portfolio of Dick's pictures of the Westons.
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2010 |
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Died on October 15, 2010 at the age of 98
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Outerbridge, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
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2004
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Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
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1987
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Masters of Starlight, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1977
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Manhattan Beach, New York, NY
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