Richard McSweeney was born in England in 1951. He spent his early years in the north of England, growing up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. When he was eight, his mother died of cancer. At this time, he decided that he wanted to be a painter and left school to attend art college in Newcastle
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That's when his life changed forever. He then moved to London, where he met American artist Robert Bernecky, who introduced him to the amazing world of painting and photography. Richard's first exhibition was at the Gagosian Gallery (the same gallery that sold Damien Hirst's "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" for $100,000).
He has since had exhibitions across the world and has worked with many famous photographers such as Terry O'Neill and Richard Avedon. Richard is now one of the most successful photographers working today.