About Richard
Picking up a camera as a teenager, I was drawn to documentary photography. I went on to study photography and film in Newcastle, where I began developing projects that explored people’s relationship with their environment.
Over time, my focus has shifted toward the Scottish landscape, while in recent years, aerial photography has become central to my practice—opening new perspectives and helping me see the landscape in a different way. My ongoing project What Lies Beneath explores this shift in viewpoint, layering landscape and aerial images to challenge assumptions around the idea of ‘wilderness’.
Alongside commissioned client photography I run Control X Digital, a company I set up to provide web design and development, hosting, and support, primarily for clients in the arts, environmental, and non-profit sectors.
For commissions, prints, image usage or just a chat please get in touch.
All images © Richard Cross.
Exhibitions
- 2025 – The Art and Nature Collective group exhibition, Custom House, Leith
- 2023 – Summerhall residents group exhibition, Edinburgh
- 2020 – Summerhall residents group exhibition, Edinburgh
- 2019 – Loch & Glen, Humbie Hub, East Lothian
- 2019 – Loch & Glen, Universal Hall, Findhorn
