Richard Allenby-Pratt

Richard divides his time between the UK and the Middle East. Most of his commissioned work is in the advertising and design industries and he is well known for his automotive and location work in particular.

In recent years Richard has become increasingly focused on personal projects and exhibiting them. This work has appeared in galleries, art festivals and museums around the world, and is regularly featured in international media, both print and digital.

In 2016 Richard relocated to Suffolk, UK and while still working and exhibiting in the Middle East, he is now committed to photographing his home county and working for local clients.

Syngenta Photography Award, London 2015

IPA, New York 2014

Association of Photographers Awards (2 categories) London, 2012

IPA, New York, 2012

Art of Photography Show, San Diego, 2012

Emergent Artist Award, Dubai, 2012

Al Thani Award, Qatar, 2011

Association of Photographers Awards, London, 2011

PX3 (2 categories) Paris, 2011

IPA, New York, 2004

Al Thani Photography Award, Qatar, 2004

Al Thani Photography Award, Qatar, 2003

Middle East Advertising Photographer of the Year, 2002

Association of Photographers Awards, London 1999

September 2019 – March 2020 The Place I Call Home, Group exhibition. Various locations, KSA, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, UK (Edinburgh, Derby, Cardiff, London)

December 2018 Architecture of loneliness Group show at Warehouse 421 Abu Dhabi.

September 2017 Solo installation in abandoned petrol station. Abandoned. Getxo Photography Festival, Spain.

March 2017. Somerset House, London. Grow-Conserve exhibition, group show.

November 2016 Solo show – The Anthropocene. GPP Gallery, Al Serkal Avenue, Dubai.

September 2015 Scarcity-Waste, Casa de Cultura Laura Alvim, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

August 2015 Scarcity-Waste, Art and Craft Museum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

July 2015 Scarcity-Waste, Centro Cultural de Artes Visuais, Sao Paulo, Brazil

June-July 2015 Scarcity-Waste, Galleria Ipogeo, Piazza Gea Aulenti (Public Space installation) 2015 World Expo, Milano, Italy

March – April 2015. Somerset House, London. Scarcity-Waste exhibition. consumption project exhibited in own room.

February – May 2014. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen. Arab Contemporary. Architecture, Culture and Identity.

November 2013. Oceanside Museum of Art, California. Contemporary Landscape Photography.

June 2013 Solo Show – Abandoned. Mina Seyahi, Dubai.

March 2013 Solo show – Abandoned. Shelter, Al Serkal Avenue, Dubai.

September 2012 Awards show – Art of Photography Show. San Diego.

September 2012 Awards show – Association of Photographers Awards. London.

September 2011 Awards show – Association of Photographers Awards. London.

October 2011 Group show – Metropolis 2.0 Empty Quarter Gallery, DIFC, Dubai.

Projects by Richard on Photography Chronicle

Fine Art

Abandoned

In Richard Allenby-Pratt’s post apocalyptic project, Dubai has been abandoned and left to the animals from the zoo.