Richard Murrian is a noted Paris-based American photographer, most known for his nude photography

Photography

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 of girls.

Biography

In interviews and biographic sheets he states his photography of models began between 1998 and 2000. His early work drew comparisons to David Hamilton

David Hamilton (photographer)

David Hamilton is a British photographer and occasional film director most known for his images of young women.-Early life and career:...

, whom he has often cited as an influence. In more recent years, his photography has evolved into a more contemporary style and his subjects have included mostly girls in eastern Europe.

As of October 2009, 4 coffee-table format books of his work have been published. "Touch Me" (2009) , "Babydoll" (2007), "See Me, Feel Me" (2006), and "Reanna's Diaries" (2004). All have been published by Swiss publishing house Edition Skylight.

The year 2006 saw the launch of the website MUSE - Inspiration Éternelle jointly with partners in the UK and France. Murrian serves as featured photographer and creative director for this website. In prior years he was a frequent contributor to the website MET-ART

MET ART

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.

His photographs have been published by many magazines including FHM

FHM

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, QUO

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, ELEELA, and Stern

Stern (magazine)

Stern is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. It was founded in 1948 by Henri Nannen, and is currently published by Gruner + Jahr, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. In the first quarter of 2006, its print run was 1.019 million copies and it reached 7.84 million readers according to...

magazine in Germany.

Richard Murrian is married to Nancy Murrian, his first model and subject of his book "Babydoll".

External links

• MUSE - Inspiration Eternelle The official website of Richard Murrian (NOTE: Contains Nudity)
• Biographic page Richard Murrian's portfolio website (NOTE: Contains Nudity)

Interviews

• http://www.feigenblatt-magazin.de/feigenblog/?s=Richard+Murrian&x=0&y=0 Feigenblatt Magazin (Deutsch)
• http://www.finearttv.tv/en/fine-art-nude/muse-by-r_-murrian/ Fine Art TV (English/Français)