Richard Beland (photographer)

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Richard Beland is a Canadian entertainment photographer, who has been photographing live music concerts since 1986. [1] He is a tenured professor of the Digital Photography Program at Lambton College in Sarnia, Ontario. [2] Since 2007, he has also held the position of in-house photographer at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort.

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Career

From 1994 to 2009 Beland photographed live shows for Chart magazine and its online counterpart, Chart Attack . [3]

From 2002 to 2007 Beland was the in-house photographer at Casino Rama. Since 2007, Beland has been the in-house photographer at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, where over 200 of his photographs are exhibited in a permanent gallery. [4]

He has photographed publicity and promotional photographs for Iggy Pop and Beastie Boys. [5] One of Beland's photographs was used as the cover of the book Rhyming & Stealing: A History of the Beastie Boys by The Guardian music critic Angus Batey, published by Independent Music Press in July, 1998. His live and corporate portrait photos have appeared in several books including Pearl Jam & Eddie Vedder: None Too Fragile, by Martin Clar, Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie by Dave Thompson, The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern: A Complete History by David McPherson and the cover photo of The Portfolio Chef: Satisfy Your Investment Appetite by Nancy Woods. [6]

Following the 2017 death of the Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, Maclean's magazine chose Beland's iconic photograph of Downie putting on a toque [7] to run in their story about Downie's legacy and influence on Canadian music. [8]

In 2020 Beland directed the music video for blues harmonica player Mike Stevens's song "Livin' In Sarnia." [9]

In 2022 an exhibit of Beland's live photography was held at the Liss Gallery in Toronto. The exhibit featured 55 shots from over 3000 shows he photographed, and ran from May 7–31. [10] A virtual tour of the exhibit was launched to accompany it. [11] From June 3 – September 5, 2022, the ISOGallery in Sarnia, Ontario, held a career retrospective exhibit of Beland's photos called Our Immortal Stars. [12] [13]

Awards and nominations

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  2. ↑ "TEN: Richard Beland". Sarnia Observer.
  3. ↑ "Live Reviews – The Glastonbury Festival – June 25–27, 1999". Chart Attack. 2000-02-04. Archived from the original on 2000-02-04. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
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